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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:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuichi Kishino, Mishima, JP;
Naoki Miyazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Hiramatsu, Susono, JP;
Yasufumi Ichikawa, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 3461 / ; 400126 ; 364519 ;
Abstract
A dot printer comprises a printing head, a memory, a first MPU for storing the dot-image data, corresponding to the input printing data, in the memory, and a second MPU for reading out the dot-image data from the memory, and supplying this data to the printing head, and for driving the printing head so as to effect a printing operation on the basis of the readout dot-image data. The dot printer additionally has first and second buffers, and its memory is connected to the first and second MPUs, via the first and second buffers, respectively.