Abstract: A method of receiving and processing verbal input from a user of a printing machine having at least, a voice input activator, a voice receiver, an output signal connected to a communications medium, and an output receiving station remote from the machine is provided. The method includes the steps of: energizing the input activator, speaking into the voice receiver, receiving the verbal input at the machine, converting the verbal input to a transmittable signal, automatically connecting and transmitting the transmittable signal to the communications medium upon energizing the input activator, receiving the signal at the remote station, processing the information received at the remote station, and deenergizing the input activator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a xerographic printer capable of reproducing microfilm or microfiche images over a broad enlargement range. The printer includes a light housing completely enclosed except for an aperture in the bottom wall. Microfilm or fiche images are successively presented adjacent this aperture. The walls of the housing are coated with a diffusely reflective material and cause light from a flash illumination source mounted within the housing to diffusely illuminate the surface of the image adjacent the aperture.