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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1998
Wayne R Smith, Pittsford, NY (US);
Clifford L George, Geneseo, NY (US);
Donald R Ryan, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A post-printer open-architecture device includes a document input region for receiving documents from a document printing apparatus and a document output region for outputting post-processed documents. An open-architecture document post-processing region is located intermediate the document input and output regions and includes a transport surface for conveying documents from the document input region to the document output region. A module mounting assembly releasably receives and secures at least one document post-processing module in an operative position to perform one or more post-processing operations on a document conveyed on the transport surface. Suitable post-processing modules to be connected to the module mounting assembly include ink-jet printing modules, color application modules, magnetic ink character recognition conversion modules, magnetic ink character recognition verification modules, bar-code reader modules, brail embossing modules, perforation modules, slitting modules, foil application modules, envelope stuffing modules, and postage metering modules.