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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
William J. Guminski, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul N. Richards, Fairport, NY (US);
Rui Amorim, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A Document Finishing Architecture Master controller includes an input communication link enabling two-way communication with a document-handling device. The document-handling device is restricted to connections with document finishing devices (DFDs) connected in series. Output communication links are operatively connected to the input communication link. The output communication links enable two-way communication over parallel communication networks with the DFDs. A translator is operatively connected to the output communication link, and driver interfaces are operatively connected to the translator. Document-finishing signals originating from the document-handling device are translated by the translator to a protocol used by the DFDs. The document-finishing signals are communicated from the translator to the driver interfaces, and from the driver interface to the DFDs. DFD signals from the DFDs are translated by the translator to a protocol used by the document-handling device. The DFD signals are communicated from the driver interfaces to the translator and from the translator to the document-handling device.