[54] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
CONTROLLING A PRINTING MACHINE
[75] Inventor: Thomas I. Yeh, Penfield, N.Y.
[73] Assignee: Xerox Corporation, Stamford, Conn.
[21] Appl. No.: 129,496
[22] Filed: Sep. 30, 1993
[51] Int. CI.6 G06K 15/00
[52] U.S. CI 395/114; 395/101; 364/550
[58] Field of Search 395/114; 355/204-209,
355/200, 202; 219/216; 364/550
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Echelon Corporation LonworksTM Product Line Brief, Motorola Semiconductor Technical Data, 1990, pp. 1-19. Echelon Corporation, LonworksTM Applications Primer,
Motorola Semiconductor Technical Data, 1990, pp. 1-19.
Primary Examiner—Mark R. Powell
Assistant Examiner—Tracy M. Legree
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Gary B. Cohen
[57] ABSTRACT
There is provided a control apparatus for a printing machine located in a building with a portion of the building being characterized by an environmental state. The printing machine includes a print machine component, while the control apparatus includes a communication line, operatively coupled with the printing machine, across which signals are transmitted. A sensing arrangement, communicating with the communication line, transmits a signal, representative of the environmental state of the building portion, across the communication line. An interface receives and converts the signal to a control signal, the control signal being used to control the print machine component.
