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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1997
Kenneth D Romano, Webster, NY (US);
Robert M Chapin, Rushville, NY (US);
Anthony M Frumusa, Penfield, NY (US);
Khalid M Rabb, Fairport, NY (US);
James G Nargi, Farmington, NY (US);
David L Salgado, Victor, NY (US);
Daniel A Mohabir, Walworth, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A printing system, for merging a scanned image with a merge image to produce a composite image, is provided. The printing system includes a memory for storing the merge image, in the form of a first set of image data, and a decompression device for decompressing the first set of image data. The printing system further includes a scanner, for reading a hard-copy page to generate a second set of image data, and a annotate/merge device, the annotate/merge device electronically merging the decompressed first set of image data with the second set of image data to produce the composite image.