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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Jonathan J. Hull, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Peairs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Cullen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Baxter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Peairs, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Cullen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Baxter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic archiving system makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. When a document is copied, printed, or faxed, a document image is archived by the document management workstation without further user intervention. A single user command results in the document being copied and archived, printed and archived, or faxed and archived. In accordance with a first aspect, an image processing device includes a receiving means for receiving a single input, a printing means, a memory device, and a communication means for communicating with said memory device. Responsive to receiving said single input requesting the printing of a document by said receiving means, said printing means prints the document and said communication means sends image data representing said document to said memory device.