Patent ID: 7391527

Claim:
A method of using a multifunction printer comprising: electronically converting, via the multifunction printer and independent of a computer, a plurality of printed pages to a plurality of electronic text pages corresponding to the printed pages; electronically specifying, via a user interface of the multifunction printer and independent of a computer, at least one text string, wherein the electronic specification of the at least one text string is performed prior to or during the electronic conversion of the plurality of printed pages; electronically searching, via the multifunction printer and independent of the computer, in the plurality of electronic text pages to identify which electronic text pages include the at least one specified text string, wherein the electronically searching is performed immediately after the electronic conversion of the respective printed pages; and communicating to a user, via the multifunction printer and independent of the computer without further interaction of the user at the user interface, the identified electronic text pages via at least one of: automatically printing, via the multifunction printer and independent of the computer, the identified electronic text pages as soon as those respective electronic text pages are identified as having the at least one text string; or automatically printing, via the multifunction printer and independent of the computer, a summary of the identified electronic text pages, as soon as those respective electronic text pages are identified as having the at least one text string.