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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1994
Eric George Sheldon, Holley, NY (US);
Ronald William Stephens, Rochester, NY (US);
George Randall Vorhauer, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A copier apparatus and method includes a scanning station for electronically scanning a set of document sheets to be copied as a copy job. The scanning station includes a platen or glass for supporting a document sheet scanned in a first mode wherein the document sheet is manually positioned on the platen by an operator and the scanning station operates in a second mode wherein document sheets are automatically fed to the station by a feeder. An operator control panel includes a display for indicating options for selection by an operator. These options include selection for scanning of a document sheet from the set in the first mode or the second mode. Another option available allows the operator to identify that all document sheets of the set are scanned for this copy job. A controller is responsive to signals generated pursuant to selections for actuating the scanning station to scan document sheets from the set in the first and second modes. After scanning a document sheet in the first mode, the operator control panel again indicates on the display an option allowing selection for scanning of a next document sheet from the set in the first mode or the second mode. Copying off the glass in an express glass mode is also disclosed. In this mode, a document sheet that is prepositioned on the glass, say during startup, may be automatically scanned at the appropriate time after the scanner first scans document sheets fed by the feeder. After scanning the document sheet on the glass and without further interaction by the operator, the process of feeding document sheets to the scanner resumes. After scanning of the document sheets, a writer produces a copy of the scanned document set as a copy job.