CN1208200C

CN1208200C - Printer with manual collation control function

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Publication number: CN1208200C
Application number: CNB008200408A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 保罗·拉普斯顿; 卡·西尔弗布鲁克
Original assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
Current assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2000-11-27
Filing date: 2000-11-27
Publication date: 2005-06-29
Anticipated expiration: 2020-11-27
Also published as: AU2001216802B2; DE60037760T2; IL156082A0; CN1680108A; EP1343634A1; KR100552794B1; EP1343634A4; ATE383243T1; ZA200304225B; AU1680201A; KR20030060955A; EP1343634B1; CN100385384C; CN1461265A; WO2002042083A1; DE60037760D1; JP2004531102A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a printer which is used for printing a combined multipage document when a large quantity of manual combined pages. The printer comprises a code sensor, a control unit and a printing head, wherein the code sensor is used for sensing a machine readable code on manual combined pages; the control unit can be used for identifying and searching the electronic version for storing the page in advance by the machine readable code; the printing head is used for printing search pages.

Description

Printer and Method of printing thereof with manual collation control function

Technical field

The present invention is relevant to the printing document, and is meant a printer especially, and it prints the multipage document of combination from a lot of manual combined page.

The application of Ti Jiaoing simultaneously

The whole bag of tricks related to the present invention, system and equipment disclose in the application of being submitted to simultaneously by applicant of the present invention or agent and the present invention:

PCT/AU00/01442，PCT/AU00/01444，PCT/AU00/01446，

PCT/AU00/01445，PCT/AU00/01450，PCT/AU00/01453，

PCT/AU00/01448，PCT/AU00/01447，PCT/AU00/01459，

PCT/AU00/01451，PCT/AU00/01454，PCT/AU00/01452，

PCT/AU00/01443，PCT/AU00/01455，PCT/AU00/01456，

PCT/AU00/01457，PCT/AU00/01458?and?PCT/AU00/01449。

These disclosures to be applied for provide in this article by mutual reference

The whole bag of tricks related to the present invention, disclosed in the application below submitting to by applicant of the present invention or agent on October 20th, 2000 of system and equipment:

PCT/AU00/01273，PCT/AU00/01279，PCT/AU00/01288，

PCT/AU00/01282，PCT/AU00/01276，PCT/AU00/01280，

PCT/AU00/01274，PCT/AU00/01289，PCT/AU00/01275，

PCT/AU00/01277，PCT/AU00/01286，PCT/AU00/01281，

PCT/AU00/01278，PCT/AU00/01287，PCT/AU00/01285，

PCT/AU00/01284?and?PCT/AU00/01283。

The disclosure of these applications provides in this article by mutual reference.

The whole bag of tricks related to the present invention, system and equipment in the application of filing an application on September 15th, 2000, disclosing below: PCT/AU00/01108, PCT/AU00/01111 by applicant of the present invention or agent.Being disclosed in here of these applications comes combination by mutual reference.

The disclosure in the application in application on June 30th, 2000 below of the whole bag of tricks related to the present invention, system and equipment by applicant of the present invention or agent:

PCT/AU00/00762，PCT/AU00/00763，PCT/AU00/00761，

PCT/AU00/00760，PCT/AU00/00759，PCT/AU00/00758，

PCT/AU00/00764，PCT/AU00/00765，PCT/AU00/00766，

PCT/AU00/00767，PCT/AU00/00768，PCT/AU00/00773，

PCT/AU00/00774，PCT/AU00/00775，PCT/AU00/00776，

PCT/AU00/00777，PCT/AU00/00770，PCT/AU00/00769，

PCT/AU00/00771，PCT/AU00/00772，PCT/AU00/00754，

PCT/AU00/00755，PCT/AU00/00756?and?PCT/AU00/00757。

Being disclosed in here of these applications comes combination by mutual reference.

The disclosure in the application in application on May 24th, 2000 below of the whole bag of tricks related to the present invention, system and equipment by applicant or agent:

PCT/AU00/00518，PCT/AU00/00519，PCT/AU00/00520，

PCT/AU00/00521，PCT/AU00/00522，PCT/AU00/00523，

PCT/AU00/00524，PCT/AU00/00525，PCT/AU00/00526，

PCT/AU00/00527，PCT/AU00/00528，PCT/AU00/00529，

PCT/AU00/00530，PCT/AU00/00531，PCT/AU00/00532，

PCT/AU00/00533，PCT/AU00/00534，PCT/AU00/00535，

PCT/AU00/00536，PCT/AU00/00537，PCT/AU00/00538，

PCT/AU00/00539，PCT/AU00/00540，PCT/AU00/00541，

PCT/AU00/00542，PCT/AU00/00543，PCT/AU00/00544，

PCT/AU00/00545，PCT/AU00/00547，PCT/AU00/00546，

PCT/AU00/00554，PCT/AU00/00556，PCT/AU00/00557，

PCT/AU00/00558，PCT/AU00/00559，PCT/AU00/00560，

PCT/AU00/00561，PCT/AU00/00562，PCT/AU00/00563，

PCT/AU00/00564，PCT/AU00/00565，PCT/AU00/00566，

PCT/AU00/00567，PCT/AU00/00568，PCT/AU00/00569，

PCT/AU00/00570，PCT/AU00/00571，PCT/AU00/00572，

PCT/AU00/00573，PCT/AU00/00574，PCT/AU00/00575，

PCT/AU00/00576，PCT/AU00/00577，PCT/AU00/00578，

PCT/AU00/00579，PCT/AU00/00581，PCT/AU00/00580，

PCT/AU00/00582，PCT/AU00/00587，PCT/AU00/00588，

PCT/AU00/00589，PCT/AU00/00583，PCT/AU00/00593，

PCT/AU00/00590，PCT/AU00/00591，PCT/AU00/00592，

PCT/AU00/00594，PCT/AU00/00595，PCT/AU00/00596，

PCT/AU00/00597，PCT/AU00/00598，PCT/AU00/00516，

PCT/AU00/00517?and?PCT/AU00/00511。

These disclosures of applying for simultaneously are incorporated in herein by mutual reference.

Background technology

The document of multipage often comprises the content of using a variety of multipads to produce, and these programs comprise word processing, draws chart and electrical form instrument.Because the complexity of operating system and middleware, a lot of users can not be integrated into different contents in the single statement document.Under many circumstances, a single statement document has made up the content of being made by different users, and they can have special application expertise, but the technical ability of the meaningful integration of possibility none among them.Because these users often take manual methods to put in order.

When a plurality of multipages of needs made up a plurality of copy of document, it is obvious especially that this problem becomes.If the user is difficult to or can not prints the page or leaf of the built-up sequence of expectation, the user has to make up manually single multipage document echoing usually and finishes this processing so.The complexity of this processing depends in each copy the number of the copy of the number of page or leaf and printing.

If the multipage document of printing will make up, manually the necessity of combination has stoped this to handle carrying out automatically of process, because correct combination must occur in before the integration step.

Summary of the invention

A target of the present invention provides a new printer and a kind of method is used to print the document of combination.

In first aspect, the invention provides a printer, be used for the multipage text of a combination of printing when submitting an a lot of manual combined page to, this printer comprises:

(a) code sensor, the readable code of test machine on manual combined page;

(b) control module uses machine-readable code to discern and search for the electronic version of the page of earlier stored; And

(c) printhead prints search page.

Preferably to comprise that a binder is used for the page or leaf of printing stapled together for this printer, and a scanner is used to duplicate the page or leaf that does not have machine readable code above those, and the page or leaf of those electronic versions of making page.

Saving grace is that also this printer has comprised a storage medium, it has stored the electronic version of scan page, and a hand-held code sensor, the machine readable code above the manual combined page of perception, wherein manually the expression mode of the machine readable code above the combined page has:

(a) optically; Perhaps

(b) electronically; Perhaps

(c) electromagnetic ground; Perhaps

(d) topology ground; Perhaps

(e) chemically.

Preferably, the machine readable code on the manual combined page of the code sensor perception two sides, and the communication between one of control module control or the more peripheral hardware.Saving grace is that the electronic edition of the manual combined page that will print is that from following these groups one searches at least, and these groups comprise:

(a) storage medium that comprises in main frame;

(b) server by a computer network access;

(c) self-contained storage medium of printer.

Saving grace is that printer has comprised an input equipment, user by its printer can control printing and be the multipage document of combination, wherein input equipment comprises a touch screen, and printhead wherein also prints to machine readable code on the page or leaf, and machine readable code wherein is that people are not visible to the physical eyes.Saving grace is that also printer inserts blank page in the document of printing, to duplicate the blank page that comprises in the manual combined page.The suitable instruction of transmitting from hand-held code sensor is received, and is explained, and produces the combination document of a multipage.

Saving grace is that printer comprises an interface, and it is used to print the instruction of the multipage document of a combination to second printer transmission, and wherein this instruction is transmitted by a computer network or a telephone network.Saving grace is that also this printer has also comprised a storage medium, the electronic version of the page or leaf that storage has been printed.

In second aspect, the invention provides a kind of method, be used for when having submitted a lot of manual combined page to, printing the multipage document of a combination, this method comprises the following steps:

(a) with the machine readable code of a code sensor perception on manual combined page;

(b) use machine readable code to discern and search for the electronic edition of previously stored page or leaf; And

(c) print this search page.

Saving grace is the invention provides a kind of method and has comprised type face step stapled together, and has comprised that step promptly uses a scanner, is used for duplicating the page or leaf that does not have machine readable code above those, and produces the electronic edition of those pages.Saving grace is that also the step of printing search page has comprised printer device readable code on those pages, and machine readable code wherein is invisible.

Saving grace is the machine readable code on the manual combined page of the code sensor perception two sides.

Saving grace is that this method has comprised that step is promptly used an input equipment to control to print and the multipage document of combination, and printing step wherein comprised a sub-steps, to remote printer transmission search page.

The present invention describes in detail now with reference to accompanying drawing.What need know is that the special case of the embodiment represented in the accompanying drawing can not replace previously described generality of the present invention.

Description of drawings

Preferred and other embodiment of the present invention, carries out with reference to accompanying drawing by not describing as the example of restriction only, wherein:

Fig. 1 has represented the printer that preferred embodiment has the electronics collator according to the invention.

Fig. 2 has represented the printing and the bookbinding path of an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 represents the reproduction path of an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a module map of the printer controller of an embodiment according to the invention.

Fig. 5 is the module map of a part of a printer controller of modulator/demodulator of faxing having of an embodiment according to the invention.

Fig. 6 is one and prints and duplicate the flow chart that control is handled.

The specific embodiment

One page can be stamped one or more machine readable code when printing, these code identifications are stored in the electronic version of the page or leaf in the computer system.Make this page can be used as the original digital copies that a mark is used to obtain this page or leaf like this, in our earlier application PCT/AU00/1279, further description is arranged, avoided the physical scan of this page and any needs of printing (promptly xeroxing).Also can allow this page and a hand-held code awareness apparatus to unite to make to be used for obtaining the user input relevant with this page, for example write and application PCT/AU00/00561 that we are early stage in the hyperlink activation that further describes.That the advantage of this machine readable code is not to be to give prominence to and to it is desirable to them be invisible, for example use a kind of machine readable and ink invisible to the human eye, the ultrared ink of for example a kind of absorption.

Various working groups printer is described to some extent, they are also as carry-on document terminal, that is to say that they provide a user interface, allow to select and print a document and do not need to seek help from a work station, and particularly, without recourse to the original electronic version of a work station with visit the document.The example of working group's printer like this has further description in we early stage application PCT/AU00/00114.The typical document that the document of by this way can be selected and printing is crossed by printer prints before being, and in this process, be stored on the hard disk of printer.Make speed the best of printing, the document is stored with the form of grating or part grating usually.A user can select the hard disk of this printer of a document " printing ", that is to say to make carry-on printing become possibility and in fact not printing.

Carry-on printer can utilize the storage on a LAN or the wide area network, rather than inner storage is arranged self, and one group of such printer can be visited a shared document repository.Carry-on printer also can have simple record link to original document, and copy not.

A printer can comprise a binding technique, is the page or leaf bookbinding of a document a single integral body.The various binding technique that are suitable for comprising a high speed operation group printer have further description among the application PCT/AU00/01456 in us.Because a document should send to a printer with the form of a single document usually, to produce a bookbinding copy, document sets is paired in normally prerequisite of bookbinding.This all is an obstacle concerning many users.

The present invention is relevant to a printer, and it can produce one or more bookbinding document submitting one to manually during the bundled page or leaf of combination.This printer has comprised a code sensor and has been used for machine readable code on the perception page or leaf, allows its identification and produces the copy of the printing of page or leaf from the electronic edition of this page.This printer can also select whether to have a scanner, to be used to duplicate the page or leaf that does not print code.

This reproduction process can be used for producing two-sided output from the single face input.Blank page can be dispersed in the input, makes blank page be forced to comprise.

As represented among Fig. 1, the printer of optimal way has two input pallets, and one is used for original paper 1012, and another is used to import media such as the scraps of paper 1014.The path of this paper has comprised the connecting gear 1022 of an input, one or more code sensor 1024,1026, one output of one or more printhead connecting gear 1028, and a binder mechanism 1030,1032.Print control unit 1040 these print procedures of control.

This printer has a single output pallet, in this pallet the existing original paper of having decoded 1012 have again printing with the bookbinding document 1020.As a selection, this printer can be useful on original paper and independent pallet document.It can, for example, the original paper of having decoded is put back to original paper input pallet, this input pallet by a mechanical finger with import original paper and separate, thereby prevented that perceived original paper is considered to follow-up input.

In the preferred pattern of printer, the perception of original paper and printing all utilize same paper connecting gear.As a selection, this printer can comprise independent page or leaf perception and type face path and relevant connecting gear.

This preferred binder mechanism, application has further description among the PCT/AU00/01456 in us, it comprise one with page with high stick applicator 1030, and one with paper with high stamping machine 1032.Before paper entered the output carton, the stick applicator was coated with a stick to the contiguous middle place of page or leaf.This stamping machine 1032 forces together the page or leaf in the output carton, and these pages or leaves that have stick are bonded together mutually.Stick can be coated in the front and the back side of each page of a document.When being coated with in front, first page is not coated with.When being coated with overleaf, last page is not coated with.Stamping machine is just worked after the last page printing of document is finished usually, although stick is printed on the front of every page (face sweeps away), use the back or periodically use in the process of a document of printing yet stamping machine can have been printed at every page.The binder mechanism that can select comprise the bight or with page or leaf with high stapler and clip.

Preferred code sensor 1024 has further description among the application PCT/AU00/00561 before us, and it comprises a light source, projection and image-capture optical system, and an image sensor.Code is represented by optical design, is imprinted on or is coated in a surface, for example further describes among the application PCT/AU00/00561 before us.Be transmitted through code sensor 1024 as 1012 of an original paper, this print control unit 1040 is caught the image of page or leaf by image sensor, the optical design of finding in this image is decoded, and obtain one or more code of direct or indirect identification original paper and/or the affiliated document of this original paper thus.Code can be selected with electronics, electromagnetism, topology, perhaps Hua Xue mode is represented, adds the supporting code sensor of correspondence.

In the process of printing, as shown in Figure 2, input transport sector 1022 extracts an input paper 1014, and this printhead 1026 prints to the one or both sides of this paper to the content of this page, and output connecting gear 1028 is stored in this paper in the output pallet.Stick applicator 1030 is applied to one side of this paper to stick 1018 before in this paper being put into the output pallet, and stamping machine 1032 the multipage letterweight of a document in the output pallets to binding document 1020 to form one together.

In the process of code sensing, as shown in Figure 3, input mechanism 1022 extracts an original paper 1012, and this processor is by one side or the both sides perception code of code sensor 1024 from original paper, and this output connecting gear 1028 is stored in the output pallet to original paper.Duplicate and comprised a code sensing cycle, the back is a printing interval and then.In preferred configuration, code sensor is a fixing part of this equipment.A selection as this configuration, this code sensor can be placed in the handheld device, it for example is a suitable pen or a stylus, further describe among the PCT/AU00/00565 as the application before at us, this user specifies this printing document how to make up by one group of page or leaf of manual perception like this, in this case the unnecessary code sensor 1024 that comprises on the paper path of this printer.

This printer has had the function of printing the code that can discern later very ideally.This is not needs, yet this printer can be simply uses with the original paper of another printer prints.

As further describing among the application PCT/AU00/00561 before us, also can allow this printer receive, translation and/or carry out relaying from a hand-held code sensing equipment and transmit, this equipment for example is a suitable pen or a stylus that is provided with function, further describes among the application PCT/AU00/00565 as our front.

This printer has a user interface, and it is minimum to provide a Copy button.This user interface also can comprise the touch screen of a colour, allows the user to browse one and is listed as the document that this printer can be visited, and select a special document to print.This reproduction button also can be provided in the demonstration with the form of reality.When the user pressed this reproduction button, this printer passed code sensor to each original paper in the input pallet, and the identifying information of the page or leaf of record correspondence.After all pages or leaves were finished dealing with, this printer used the identifying information of page or leaf to search for the electronic version of these pages, and uses these electronic editions to print " copy " of original paper originally, bookbinding as a single document.This printer is seeked advice from the document of the locality or the network storage and/or the index of page or leaf, discerns and search for the electronic version of these pages.

This user interface also allows the user to select or specifies typical photomechanical printing and Printing Qptions, comprises the quantity of copy, and whether document binds, and single face still is two-sided printing, and the ratio of content of pages, and the selection of media comprise different media sizes.

This printer controller 1040, as represented among a Fig. 4 module map, processing is communicated by letter with main frame, management of user's interface, and control print procedure.It has comprised the discrete component of an integrated controller chip 1041 and some.This controller has comprised a processor 1042, the control software that loads from flash memory 1046 among the operation DRAM (dynamic random access memory) 1044.This processor also can be from a main frame downloading control software.

This printer controller is by a network interface 1047 and main-machine communication.This network interface can provide a direct connection to main frame, for example is a serial, parallel (IEEE1284), USB (USB) or IEEE1394 connect, and perhaps are connected to a LAN, for example an Ethernet, or be connected to wide area network, for example an internet.This controller can comprise a plurality of such network interfaces.

This printer controller can comprise that a Magnetic Disk Controler 1056 is used to control the hard disk 1058 of a printer.This printer controller can use the print out task of hard-disc storage queuing, document for example, page or leaf rasterisation or the part rasterisation, and document and page index.The storage that can provide by the computer of network interface access also can be provided for it, realizes part or all of some these functions.

If this printer has comprised a touch screen colour display screen user interface, this printer controller comprises that a display controller 1060 is used to control a colour display screen 1062 so, and cover on the display, be used to obtain the feeler 1066 of interactive information of the user interface of user and demonstration.This colour display screen is a film liquid crystal display normally, but also can be any suitable display device, comprises the light emitting diode indicator (OLED) of a for example combination.This printer controller obtains input by a parallel interface 1064 from feeler 1066.This printer can comprise that the user interface light emitting diode indicator 1068 of some is used for indicating printer to the user status information of paper and ink.This printer controller also can be controlled these states by parallel interface 1064.

This printer controller comprises that one or more image sensor interface 1061 is used to control corresponding number, is used to catch the image sensor 1074 of the code pattern that appears at the original paper surface.Each image sensor 1074 normally glutinous the attaching together of electric charge is put (CCD), but can be any suitable image sensor, for example a CMOS image sensor.Each parallel interface 1064 has an auxiliary illumination light-emitting diode 1070 at least.This printer controller is also by parallel interface 1064 control illumination light-emitting diodes 1070, although they may be tightr with the cooperation of relevant image sensor interface 1061, purpose is that they are synchronously stored with catching image effectively.

This printer generally includes one or two printheads 1052a and 1052b, depends on whether it has the duplicating ability of a Cheng Shuan, although it can comprise that other printhead is to obtain printing at a high speed or to support more complicated ink setting.

This printer controller comprises that the serial line interface 1048 of a high speed is used for communicating by letter with 1050b with a pair of printhead/controller 1050a, printhead 1052a of each control or 1052b in them.In the optimal way of this printer, this printhead 1052a and 1052b are ink jet-print heads at a high speed, and printhead/controller 1050a and 1050b receive the description of page or leaf, it are launched also to send to printhead in real time, among the application PCT/AUoomoll4 of more detailed description before us.

As mentioned above, this printer can have the hard disk 1058 of an inside, and the capacity of several GB is arranged usually, is used to store the document that will the print page or leaf such as rasterisation or part rasterisation.What can select is that it can depend on the network storage and realizes these purposes.This printer receives usually and uses for example Adobe Postscript or encapsulated the document that the Microsoft Windows Metafile of GDI (GDI) instruction describes of a senior PostScript (PDL).This processor 1042 rasterisation pages or leaves in the case, from PDL to the form that is fit to print.Selectable or what can add is that this printer can directly receive the page or leaf of rasterisation or part rasterisation.

A variable of this printer controller, a module map as shown in Figure 5, comprised a fax modulator/demodulator (modem) 1078, controlled by a serial line interface 1076 by processor 1042, it allows document to transmit and/or receive by faxing.Manually combination is identical about the advantage of a plurality of original papers of bookbinding with manually making up the original paper relevant with facsimile transmission.The user interface of this printer can provide fax control to the user, by use a special use be used to import the keyboard of telephone number and the dedicated button that is used to transmit of a special use, but primary be to provide a fax control user interface by touch screen.

More generally, this printer can allow manually document to a long-range printer of combination of one of user's given transmission, LAN that this remote printer is connected to that printer controller can be addressed to by network interface 1047 or wide area network.This remote printer can be the printer of a routine, and perhaps it can be a printer with any ability of printer of the present invention.

For a printer can and be addressed to by remote discovery, printer of the present invention can adopt for example ipp of an agreement.

The control stream of this printer is as represented among Fig. 6.During normal the printing, this printer receives (1080) document from a main frame, the page or leaf of rasterisation (1082) the document, the page or leaf of storage (1084) rasterisation is to this locality or the network storage 1088 (for example Nei Bu hard disk 1058), and final (1084) these pages (perhaps by facsimile transmission they) of printing.In the process of duplicating, this original paper of this printer " scanning " (1090) (being their code of perception), the electronic version of search (1092) this page correspondence, and finally print or transmission (1084) this page or leaf.

Claims

1. printer is used for printing the multipage text of a combination when submitting a lot of manually combined page to, and this printer comprises:

(a) machine readable code on manual combined page of code sensor perception;

(b) control module, it uses machine readable code to discern and search for the electronic version of previously stored this page or leaf; And

(c) printhead of printing search page.

2. a printer as claimed in claim 1 also comprises a binder, is used for the page or leaf of printing stapled together.

3. a printer as claimed in claim 1 also comprises a scanner, does not have the page or leaf of machine readable code and the page or leaf that produces the electronic version of this page above being used to duplicate.

4. a printer as claimed in claim 3 also comprises a storage medium, the electronic version of memory scanning page or leaf.

5. printer as claimed in claim 1, wherein code sensor is the code sensor of handing.

6. as claim 1 or 5 described printers, wherein manually the expression mode of the machine readable code above the combined page has:

(a) optics; Perhaps

(b) electronics; Perhaps

(c) electromagnetism; Perhaps

(d) topology; Perhaps

(e) chemistry.

7. as claim 1 or 5 described printers, the machine readable code on the manual combined page of code sensor perception two sides wherein.

8. printer as claimed in claim 1, control module are wherein also controlled communicating by letter between this printer and the one or more peripheral hardwares.

9. a printer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic version of this manual combined page that will print is that from following group one searches at least, comprises

(a) storage medium that comprises in main frame;

(b) server by a computer network access;

(c) the self-contained storage medium of this printer.

10. a printer as claimed in claim 1 also comprises an input equipment, and the user of this printer is by the form of its control multipage document that print and combination.

11. a printer as claimed in claim 10, input equipment wherein comprises a touch screen.

12. a printer as claimed in claim 1, printhead wherein is printer device readable code on one page also, and machine readable code wherein is that people are invisible.

13. a printer as claimed in claim 2, wherein this printer inserts blank page in this printing document, so that manually comprise the blank page that duplicates in the combined page.

14. a printer as claimed in claim 5, the controlled unit of instruction that sends from hand-held code sensor receives and translates, and generates the multipage document of combination by printhead.

15. a printer as claimed in claim 1 also comprises an interface, is used for move instruction so that the multipage document of a combination is printed to second printer.

16. a printer as claimed in claim 15, instruction is wherein transmitted by a computer network or a telephone network.

17. a printer as claimed in claim 1 also comprises a storage medium, the electronic version of the page or leaf that storage has been printed.

18. the method for the multipage document of a combination of printing of using when submitting a lot of manual combined page to, this method comprises following step:

(a) machine readable code on manual combined page of code sensor perception of use;

(b) use machine readable code to discern and search for the electronic version of previously stored this page or leaf; And

(c) print search page.

19. a kind of method as claimed in claim 18 also comprises the page or leaf step of printing stapled together.

20. a kind of method as claimed in claim 18 also comprises a step, promptly uses a scanner not have the page or leaf of machine code above duplicating, and the electronic version that produces those pages.

21. a kind of method as claimed in claim 18, the step of wherein printing this search page is included in those pages or leaves and goes up the printer device readable code.

22. as claim 18 or the described a kind of method of claim 21, machine readable code wherein is invisible.

23. a kind of method as claimed in claim 18, the machine readable code on the two sides of the manual combined page of code sensor perception wherein.

24. a kind of method as claimed in claim 18 also comprises a step, uses an input equipment to control multipage document printing and combination.

25. a kind of method as claimed in claim 18, printing step have wherein comprised that substep promptly transmits search page to a long-range printer.