Patent ID: 7859701

Claim:
A telecommunications device comprising: a chassis including telecommunications componentry; a printer arranged on the chassis adjacent a media feed path and configured to print visible information on print media, the print media including a pre-printed linear data track encoding a document identifier and a pre-printed two-dimensional pattern of coded data tags, each coded data tag encoding the document identifier; an optical encoder positioned adjacent the media path, the optical encoder being configured for reading the linear data track on print media in media path being printed upon; a processor for determining the document identifier from the read data track; communication means for reporting the document identifier to a computer system and thereby causing the computer system to associate the document identifier with the visible information printed on the print media by the printer; an image sensor mounted on the chassis and configured to sense the pre-printed coded data tags; a contact sensor operatively arranged with respect to the image sensor and including a switch configured to close through contact with the print media, closure of the switch activates the image sensor to sense at least one coded data tag; and a controller configured to decode the sensed coded data tag for determining the document identifier.