Patent ID: 8817319

Claim:
A multifunction device comprising: a scanning engine configured to scan documents; a printing engine; a controller controlling the scanning and printing engines, wherein the controller is configured to process data to the printing engine, wherein the data are image data, wherein the data is received from a processor capable of executing a printing utility associated with the printing engine, wherein the processor capable of executing the printing utility includes a print job stream client work station, wherein the print job stream client work station is configured to enable a user to embed a print job language identifier that directs a print job stream processed by the print job client work station to an electronic book device, wherein the scanning engine includes a scanner user interface, the scanning engine and scanner user interface interfacing with the controller to execute to the controller a printing utility associated with the scanning engine, wherein the controller is further configured to render the data into a format readable by an electronic book device, wherein the controller is configured to convert the scale of at least one image included within the image data into a resolution readable by the electronic book device, wherein the controller comprises a print controller that is hard-wired to the scanning engine; a port configured to transfer the data to a processor of the electronic book device when the electronic book device is in operative communication with the controller via the port; and a universal serial bus (USB) hub in operative communication with the port wherein the USB hub is configured to receive a plurality of electronic book devices in operative communication with the controller via the port and wherein the controller is configured to enable rendering of the data to at least two of the plurality of electronic book devices.