Patent ID: 7643162
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A stored resource overlay method, the method comprising: supplying a user interface (UI) with selection command prompts at a printer front panel; accepting user commands from the UI; at a multifunctional peripheral (MFP), accepting a document selected from a group consisting of a tangible media document accepted via a copier/scanner interface and an electronically formatted document accepted via a printer interface; converting the accepted document to a rasterized image document; selecting a resource file from a library including a plurality of resource files saved in permanent storage; converting the resource file into an image; merging the image with the rasterized image document in response to the user commands; creating a merged document in an electronic format; and, wherein converting the resource file to an image includes converting a resource file image type selected from the group including a logo, background, signature, border, graphic, picture, and overlay.