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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2001
Gustavo M. Guillemin, Guadalajara, MX;
Alejandro Wiechers, Chapalita, MX;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of formatting an electronic representation of a page of a document to be imaged by an imaging device. The method includes determining if the electronic representation of the page is oriented in a predetermined orientation. If the electronic representation of the page is not oriented in the predetermined orientation, the electronic representation of the page is rotated so that the electronic representation of the page is in the predetermined orientation. Thereafter the electronic representation of the page can either be imaged or stored in a computer readable memory. The steps can be performed by a page orientation program which is executed by a processor in an imaging device. The imaging device can include an optical scanner to generate the electronic representation of the page from an original tangible document.