Patent ID: 7106477
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling the placement of images on output sheets in a digital copier, the copier including a scanner for recording an image from an original sheet fed therein, and a printer for creating an image on an output sheet in response to digital image data submitted thereto, comprising: feeding to the input scanner an input sheet having a test pattern thereon, the input sheet defining a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the test pattern defining a rule relative to each of the first edge and the second edge, each rule having a set of numbers associated therewith, thereby recording test image data; causing the printer to output a copy based on the test image data; entering a reading derived from inspection of the rule associated with the first edge and the rule associated with the second edge of the copy, wherein the reading is a number related to the rule; and the printer adjusting at least one of a magnification attribute and a symmetry attribute of a subsequent copying operation on an output sheet as a result of the entering step.