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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Stephan V. Drappel, Mississauga, CA (US);
Ruddy Castillo, Briarwood, NY (US);
Gerald A. Domoto, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Stephan V. Drappel, Mississauga, CA (US);
Ruddy Castillo, Briarwood, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of reusing a sheet includes receiving a sheet having a printed image, scanning a new image, determining whether the sheet is acceptable for reuse, covering at least one portion of the printed image on the sheet with a white-out toner via a white-out unit, fusing the white-out toner to the at least one portion of the sheet, printing a new image onto the sheet, and performing the receiving, scanning, determining, covering, fusing and printing operations on the sheet a plurality of times. A printing device for covering and printing over a printed image includes a receiving subsystem configured to receive a sheet, a processing module configured to determine whether the sheet is acceptable for reuse, and a fuser module configured to fuse a white-out toner.