Multifunctional document processing system.

摘要

A multifunctional document processing system (10) receives document signals from a local (14) or a remote (16) device and processes the document signals utilizing a host computer (12) for transmission to the local (14) or remote (16) device. The system comprises a multifunctional local peripheral device (14) which includes a scanner for optically scanning document information, for converting the scanned document information into electrical document signals and for transmitting the document signals to the host computer (12). The multifunctional local peripheral device (14) also includes a recording device, such as a printer for receiving document signals from the host computer (12) and for producing a recorded form of the document information, such as a printed document based on the received document signals. A control module (22) is interfaced between the host computer (12) and the multifunctional local peripheral device (14) for receiving document signals from the multifunctional local peripheral device (14) and from the remote device (16) and for sending the received documents signals to the host computer (12). The control module (22) also receives document signals from the host computer (12) and sends the received document signals to either the multifunctional local peripheral device (14) or the remote device (16). The control module (22) additionally generates and transmits control signals (26) to the multifunctional local peripheral device (14). <IMAGE>