Patent ID: 7751093

Claim:
An electrophotographic copying system comprising: a scanning unit operative to generate image data corresponding to an associated scanned image; a sheet media source; a sheet media outlet operatively spaced from said sheet media source; a media pathway operatively connecting said sheet media source and said sheet media outlet; an electrophotographic marking unit operatively disposed along said media pathway and capable of generating marked sheets of media bearing an associated representation of the associated scanned image; and, a control system in communication with at least said scanning unit and said marking unit and including a network communication system capable of communicating with an associated marking system, said control system capable of: receiving said image data from said scanning unit; generating marking data corresponding to the associated representation of the associated scanned image; receiving user-inputted data requesting output of a set of two or more copies of the associated representation; generating first and second sub-sets of said set of two or more copies of the associated representation; communicating said marking data to said marking unit and the associated marking system; generating said first sub-set of copies using said electrographic marking unit; and, requesting generation of said second sub-set of copies by the associated marking system.