Patent ID: 7511852

Claim:
A document reproduction system comprising: means adapted for acquiring document image data representative of a document image in accordance with a copier scan operation; a memory for storing the document image data; means adapted for acquiring overlay placement data representative of a position of at least one selected overlay region relative to the image data; means adapted for generating a thumbnail image of the document image data inclusive of indicia corresponding to the position of the selected overlay region in accordance with the overlay placement data; overlay data input means adapted for receiving into the memory overlay data representative of supplemental information associated with the document image data wherein the overlay data includes a plurality of string variables and a plurality of number variables; means adapted for receiving parameter data corresponding to at least one of interval, start number, and digits associated with the number variables; association means adapted for selectively associating the overlay data with the at least one overlay region; overlay image generation means adapted for generating overlay image data corresponding to overlay data; generating means adapted for generating in the memory composite image data including the document image data and the overlay data disposed in an associated overlay region, wherein the overlay is positioned relative to the document image data in accordance with acquired placement data; means adapted for incrementing a number variable in connection with the parameter data so as to generate a series of composite image data such that the overlay image generation means generates overlay image data corresponding thereto; and output means adapted for rendering an output series of documents wherein each document of the series is formed in accordance with the series of composite image data.