Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to providing an electronic document storage (EDS) system enabling companies or customers to upload electronic documents to be distributed online. These electronic documents may be made available to one or more specified customers, recipients of the documents, by authenticating login credentials provided by the customers. Metadata used to identify the recipients may be extracted from the electronic files or comprise separate electronic files. The EDS system may ensure that companies cannot access documents uploaded by other companies or customers for other companies, and that customers access only documents that the customers are authorized to access. To provide additional security, the EDS system may accept encrypted electronic documents and decrypt the electronic documents to allow customer access.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to providing an electronic document storage (EDS) system enabling companies or customers to upload electronic documents to be distributed online. These electronic documents may be made available to one or more specified customers, recipients of the documents, by authenticating login credentials provided by the customers. Metadata used to identify the recipients may be extracted from the electronic files or comprise separate electronic files. The EDS system may ensure that companies cannot access documents uploaded by other companies or customers for other companies, and that customers access only documents that the customers are authorized to access. To provide additional security, the EDS system may accept encrypted electronic documents and decrypt the electronic documents to allow customer access.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to providing an electronic document storage (EDS) system enabling companies or customers to upload electronic documents to be distributed online. These electronic documents may be made available to one or more specified customers, recipients of the documents, by authenticating login credentials provided by the customers. Metadata used to identify the recipients may be extracted from the electronic files or comprise separate electronic files. The EDS system may ensure that companies cannot access documents uploaded by other companies or customers for other companies, and that customers access only documents that the customers are authorized to access. To provide additional security, the EDS system may accept encrypted electronic documents and decrypt the electronic documents to allow customer access.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to providing an electronic document storage (EDS) system enabling companies or customers to upload electronic documents to be distributed online. These electronic documents may be made available to one or more specified customers, recipients of the documents, by authenticating login credentials provided by the customers. Metadata used to identify the recipients may be extracted from the electronic files or comprise separate electronic files. The EDS system may ensure that companies cannot access documents uploaded by other companies or customers for other companies, and that customers access only documents that the customers are authorized to access. To provide additional security, the EDS system may accept encrypted electronic documents and decrypt the electronic documents to allow customer access.

Abstract: Systems and methods for printing are disclosed. In one arrangement, the systems and methods pertain to receiving information with a printing device regarding the location of data to be printed by the printing device, obtaining the data to be printed via a network, and printing the data as a hard copy document.

Abstract: The host computer parses through a task to be performed and generates a sub-task that is to be distributed to a remote peripheral, such as a printer. The task is comprised of data and instructions for execution, such as an executable file. The task is formatted into a packet that is labeled such that the remote peripheral knows that this task is to be performed during the remoter peripheral processor's idle time. The remote peripheral processes the task according to the instructions, captures the results, and transmits the results back to the host computer.

Abstract: A system and method for printing multiple print jobs with a single command. The system typically includes a processor linked via a communications link to a plurality of printers. The processor includes a user interface that is configured to accommodate user selection of plural print jobs. The processor is further configured to communicate the plural print jobs to plural printers upon a single command. Moreover, the plural print jobs may be stored in the form of a print distribution list for subsequent use.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method, whereby, at least one page of a document is printed at a printing device having a control panel. In the method, a document file is stored in a memory of the printing device. The printing device receives instructions through the control panel to print one or more selected pages of the document and the one or more selected pages of the document is printed.

Abstract: A fuser assembly and associated method for an electrophotographic machine. The fuser assembly is preferably detachable and intended for use as a second or external fuser assembly. The fuser assembly contemplated may be used as a backup or a complimentary fuser assembly. An electrophotographic machine may include or be adapted to include a detachable or complimentary fuser assembly. Also, a method of electrophotographic printing or copying using a second or external fuser assembly.

Abstract: Systems and methods for printing are disclosed. In one arrangement, the systems and methods pertain to receiving information with a printing device regarding the location of data to be printed by the printing device, obtaining the data to be printed via a network, and printing the data as a hard copy document.

Abstract: A method and device for customizing a network peripheral device, the method comprising the steps of: sending a request with an ID for the peripheral device to a computer on the network requesting at least one initialization task; the computer searching a memory for the initialization task based on the peripheral device ID and retrieve that initialization task; and executing the retrieved task to cause a communication with the peripheral device to initialize the peripheral device. In one embodiment, the peripheral device ID is contained within a URL, and wherein the URL contains an address to a computer on the network, and the URL is used to request execution of the initialization task. In another embodiment of the invention, each of a plurality of different computers on the network retrieves a different initialization task and executes its respective retrieved initialization task to cause a communication with the peripheral device to initialize a different aspect of the peripheral device.

Abstract: There is disclosed a wired-AND bus emulator circuit that allows any node to prevent propagation of information through the node. A controller can command all other controllers on the bus to break the bus thereby allowing the controller to determine the topology and possibly dynamically program the address of each controller on the bus. By allowing a controller to determine the bus topology, and possibly program the address of each other controller, the bus designer can configure the bus in a topology that is physically convenient. Additionally, the installer is not required to program each node with a unique address.

Abstract: A fuser assembly and associated method for an electrophotographic machine. The fuser assembly is preferably detachable and intended for use as a second or external fuser assembly. The fuser assembly contemplated may be used as a backup or a complimentary fuser assembly. An electrophotographic machine may include or be adapted to include a detachable or complimentary fuser assembly. Also, a method of electrophotographic printing or copying using a second or external fuser assembly.

Abstract: A print apparatus having a thesaurus feature includes a processor and a memory for storing a thesaurus program. The print apparatus may further include a display unit and a control panel so that a user may access the thesaurus program while stationed at the print apparatus. Alternatively, the print apparatus may be coupled to a computer network and may operate like a server computer to allow user access to the thesaurus from any of a number of computers that are also coupled to the network.

Abstract: The host computer parses through a task to be performed and generates a sub-task that is to be distributed to a remote peripheral, such as a printer. The task is comprised of data and instructions for execution, such as an executable file. The task is formatted into a packet that is labeled such that the remote peripheral knows that this task is to be performed during the remoter peripheral processor's idle time. The remote peripheral processes the task according to the instructions, captures the results, and transmits the results back to the host computer.

Abstract: A system and method for printing multiple print jobs with a single command. The system typically includes a processor linked via a communications link to a plurality of printers. The processor includes a user interface that is configured to accommodate user selection of plural print jobs. The processor is further configured to communicate the plural print jobs to plural printers upon a single command. Moreover, the plural print jobs may be stored in the form of a print distribution list for subsequent use.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes data compression logic that is configured to receive a data stream and selectively count consecutive alike n-bit long words of data therein. Then, for each grouping of consecutive alike n-bit long words, the logic substitutes a control word that identifies the value of the alike n-bit long words and the counted number of alike n-bit long words within the grouping. Hence, the number of repeated same valued words can be significantly reduced. In certain implementations, the data stream is associated with a scanned image and the alike n-bit long words are selected from a grouping of image pattern values associated with white regions, black regions, and repeating pattern regions on the scanned page. This application of the invention significantly reduces the amount of data that needs to be buffered, for example, in a printer.

Abstract: A document production apparatus has a job output distribution control module for creating subsets of job output within a single executed document production job. The subsets may be created to contain numbers of documents as specified by a user. Additionally, the distribution control module directs the thus created subsets to deposit in desired output receptacles. Preferred embodiments of the document production apparatus comprise copiers and printers.

Abstract: An e-mail program enables automated or user-selected language translation of an e-mail message. The e-mail program may include a set of databases having data fields for storing information that identifies a language in which a user writes e-mail messages and for storing information that identifies a language in which one or more potential correspondents write e-mail messages. For each incoming and outgoing e-mail message, the language of the user is compared to the language used by a designated correspondent from whom the e-mail message was sent or to whom the e-mail message shall be transmitted. If the languages are identical, no translation is performed. If instead the languages are different, the e-mail message is translated and then forwarded to the designated correspondent or, if received by the user, then stored in the user's e-mail inbox.

Abstract: There is disclosed in interface circuit that nodes on a bus to be galvanically isolated while still having a wired-AND functionality. Once nodes are galvanically isolated, a transceiver can be placed in the bus structure and allow for wire-less communication across the bus without adding additional delays or routing complexity.