Abstract: A multifunction device includes a multifunction controller, a first interface for receiving input data from at least one scanner and a second interface for outputting processed input data to at least one printer, wherein the first interface and the second interface are each a standard interface. In a presently preferred embodiment the first interface is comprised of a SCSI interface. The multifunction device further includes a graphical user interface for controlling the operation of the multifunction device, including setting operational parameters for the at least one scanner and the at least one printer. Other interfaces are also provided, including one for coupling to a facsimile device for outputting processed input data to the facsimile device, and another interface for coupling to an e-mail port for outputting processed input data to the e-mail port.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2000
Date of Patent:
June 10, 2003
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Joseph Stanley Czyszczewski, James T Smith, II, Ivan Woehr, Luana L. Vigil, David George Greenwood