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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshimitsu Shibata, Okazaki, JP;
Tadao Nojiri, Obu, JP;
Assignee:
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400121 ; 340727 ; 340731 ; 400124 ; 400 61 ;
Abstract
A print compressor connected to a printer for printing output data from a computer or the like so as to selectively change the printer from one mode of printing to another. The output data is stored temporarily and then read in accordance with selected print compression ratio and printing direction thereby converting the data to a corresponding compressed character font. In accordance with the character font, the printer prints characters in compressed form in the selected printing direction.