Abstract: A network printing system have plural printers for making prints, with some of the printers having different job processing capabilities; plural client inputs providing electronic documents and printing instructions that comprise each print job; and dialog filtering to enable the program selections on a universal job ticket to be edited in accordance with the processing capabilities of each individual printer.

Abstract: An automatic signature printing process for an electronic printing system having a source of signature sheets, a programmer to program the system to print jobs including signatures; an input scanner for scanning and converting the documents to electronic images; and a controller to re-order the electronic images to print two electronic images separated by a gutter on each side of the signature sheets, the controller determining from the number of originals and the number of electronic images on each signature the total number of signatures to be printed.

Abstract: Process for electronically printing envelopes in which a list of recipient and sender names and addresses are stored in libraries in memory for selective accessing when programming an envelope print job, with programming control to adjust the location of the recipient's address printed on the envelopes, a postage stamp, and programming control to change the postal rate printed with the postage stamp on envelopes.

Abstract: An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files in which critical system files are stored in duplicate at the same address on each disk, while non-critical files are divided into smaller segments with each file segment stored on a different one of the hard disks.

Abstract: An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files with booting process for booting the system to a running condition, the booting process detecting a previously replaced or misplaced disk and in response thereto, enabling booting of the system without loss or re-installing of critical system files.

Abstract: A process of addressing sets in which a list of M addresses is stored in a memory of a printer and the printer is programmed to print one or more sets of N prints on print media. A print outline, with a selected identifiable area superimposed thereon, is displayed on an interactive display screen. In one example of operation, copies of the M addresses from the list are successively printed on N prints at the selected identifiable area on each of the N prints.

Abstract: A system for on-site training of technicians to service copying and printing machines in which certain training exercises are stored in the memory of each machine, with access and selection of a training exercise enabled through the machine programming control during diagnostics, selection and installation of a training exercise overwriting normal programming selections until the training exercise is completed.

Abstract: An automatic signature printing process for an electronic printing system having a source of signature sheets, a programmer to program the system to print jobs including signatures; an input scanner for scanning and converting the documents to electronic images; and a controller to re-order the electronic images to print two electronic images separated by a gutter on each side of the signature sheets, the controller determining from the number of originals and the number of electronic images on each signature the total number of signatures to be printed.

Abstract: A method is provided for preserving the integrity of a memory in an electronic printer in the event that a printed wiring board with non-volatile memory is replaced. The memory includes plural disks providing permanent data storage and the non-volatile memory communicating with the disks. In the method, a processor identifier is provided with the printed wiring board. A time stamp indicating the date of installation of the printed wiring board is generated, and the processor identifier of the printed wiring board is combined with the time stamp to provide an identifier seal. Copies of the identifier seal are stored to each of the disks. The processor identifier of the printed wiring board is compared with the processor identifiers of the respective identifier seals of the disks in response to booting the processor.

Abstract: An electronic printing system with a touchscreen for programming print jobs using job tickets displayed on the screen, the job tickets having various job programming choices together with scaled representations of the print image superimposed on the print media selected, and a control for comparing the size of the print image as originally oriented with the maximum image size and displaying a fault message on the screen in the event that the print image size exceeds the system maximum image size even though the print image as displayed fits into the print media.

Abstract: An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files in which upgraded software together with software identification data is written to a first of the disks, the system booted from the first disk, and the upgraded software thereafter migrated from the first disks to the other disks.

Abstract: An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files, each disk having a bad page table, from the individual disk bad page tables, generating a composite bad page table, providing a common allocation table for controlling allocation of disk file space for storing system files on the disks, and precluding allocating of system files to areas of the disks identified in the composite bad page table as being unusable.

Abstract: A layered document services architecture facilitating operation and interconnection of electronic printing systems with both resident and non-resident work inputs.

Abstract: An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files in which file management information is held in a Volume Allocation Table in internal system RAM memory with file management updates queued in NVM, with the contents of the Volume Allocation Table transferred to external disk memory when the queue of file management updates in NVM reaches a predetermined size.

Abstract: A moisture proof binding tape for edge binding pages to form a book consisting of a non-permeable temperature resistant foil layer covering one side of the backing strip forming a moisture barrier, a high temperature steam resistance adhesive between the foil layer and the backing strip to secure the foil layer to the backing strip, and a relatively thick central stripe of high tack heat activated adhesive flanked by relatively thin side stripes of low tack heat activated adhesive on the foil layer, the central adhesive stripe comprising a non-hygroscopic adhesive.

Abstract: A method is provided in which a volume allocation table (VAT) is constructed in a system memory on the basis of those files stored on a plurality of disks. In constructing the VAT of the system memory, contiguous (i.e., single run) files are first allocated to a first set of locations on the disks, and then non-contiguous (i.e., multiple run) files are allocated to a second set of locations on the disks. Upon building the VAT of the system memory, copies of it are written respectively to the disks so that the contiguous and non-contiguous files can be allocated to the first and second set of locations, respectively.

Abstract: A process for enhancing detection and correction of faults when servicing copying and printing systems by allowing a service technician to run customer type jobs as test jobs, but with the job program selections that the technician is allowed to make restricted, the test job deleted when no longer needed by the technician, and billing for any prints made by the technician to a customer's account inhibited.

Abstract: An electronic printer with a scanner for scanning the document pages of a job and converting the document images scanned to pixels, a printer for making prints of the documents from the pixels in accordance with job programming instructions, the scanner and printer operating asynchronously with respect to one another, and interruption of a job to process a special job is effected by interrupting the job currently being scanned by the scanner to scan the special job while continuing printing of other jobs in the print queue, and when the special job is ready, interrupting the job being printed to print the special job while resuming scanning of the interrupted job, and then continuing the printing of the interrupted job upon completion of the special job.