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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:
Jul. 31, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 61 ; 364936 ; 3649446 ; 3649662 ; 3642832 ;
Abstract
A printing device according to the present invention can be connected to various computers or the like. A large number of data items for setting various functions are already stored in a storing device of the printing device, and these data items are classified into a multi-step hierarchy to enable the selection of data items of different hierarchies, whereby the functions of the printing device can be set. The printing device is characterized in that, when data of a certain hierarchy is determined, at least one data item of the next hierarchy is arranged to be displayed by a display device, so that the number of key operations is reduced to facilitate data selection.