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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1994
Michael J Gormish, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gregory J Wolff, Mountain View, CA (US);
David G Stork, Stanford, CA (US);
Peter E Hart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yoshio Kawajiri, San Jose, CA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A facsimile transmission system with a first facsimile machine that includes at least a scanner for scanning documents inserted into a document feeder and transmission capabilities for sending a fax and with a second facsimile machine that includes at least reception capabilities for receiving the fax and a printer for printing a hard copy of the received fax, if necessary. The facsimile system may include functionality for securing the facsimile transmission. The facsimile system may include functionality to enable the facsimile transmission to be certified.