Appeal No. 1997-2988
Application No. 08/045,499
The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus
for filling in a form with a data processing system.
Claims 1 and 11 are illustrative of the claimed
invention, and they read as follows:
1. A method of filling in a form with a data processing
system, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a paper path with a scanner located
upstream from a means for printing on paper;
b) locating said form on said paper path;
c) locating a segment of said form adjacent to said
scanner;
d) scanning said segment of said form with said
scanner and displaying said scanned segment on said data
processing system;
e) accepting information in selected locations on
said scanned segment;
f) maintaining said form on said paper path and
advancing said form along said paper path so as to
move said scanned segment from said scanner to said means
for printing on paper;
g) printing said information in said selected
locations on said scanned segment with said means for
printing on paper and repeating steps c)-g) with a next
segment until said form has been completed.
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