The IJL/3 is a third generation ink jet labeling system for labeling,
or imprinting, documents as they are scanned by an imaging system. It is
a very easy to use system ideal for continuous operation in a high volume
production environment.
The IJL/3 imprints each page as it exits the Fujitsu scanner. There are two advantages of post-scan imprinting. If the page were imprinted before it was scanned, the ink would still be wet when the paper was pulled across the glass window in the Fujitsu scanner, smearing the imprint. The scanned image is always captured as it originally appeared; nothing is obscured by the imprint. The ink color can be selected to ensure that you can read the paper document even if there is important information under the imprint.
The IJL/3 imprints each page as it exits the Fujitsu scanner. There are two advantages of post-scan imprinting. If the page were imprinted before it was scanned, the ink would still be wet when the paper was pulled across the glass window in the Fujitsu scanner, smearing the imprint. The scanned image is always captured as it originally appeared; nothing is obscured by the imprint. The ink color can be selected to ensure that you can read the paper document even if there is important information under the imprint.
The host computer is connected to the IJL/3 via a standard serial line. The typical operation sequence starts with the host computer telling the labeling system what should be printed on the document. The IJL/3 stores this information and then, under its own internal computer control, waits for the document to start out of the scanner. When the document is in the proper position, the labeling system prints the desired information on the document with no host involvement. This allows the host computer to continue to service the scanner. Since the scan and label tasks are concurrent, there is essentially no reduction in the throughput of the whole system. And there is always an exact one-to-one correspondence between the scanned image and the printed label.