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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas T Rabjohns, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101483 ; 270 5807 ; 270 5801 ; 341-8 ;
Abstract
A system for controlling a plurality of function-specific modules in a high-volume electronic printing apparatus involves assigning a unique connection code to each physical connection between a pair of modules in the system. In order for a central control system to identify specific modules when the system is operating, each module is assigned a unique identification code which is a concatenation of the connection codes for the connections to other modules. Each module in a large system is thus identified by a unique code determined by its neighboring modules.