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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:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aline M Honickman, Rochester, NY (US);
John L Steeves, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael A Higgins, Fairport, NY (US);
Anna M Frary, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364520 ; 3461 / ;
Abstract
A computer output printer includes a host computer interface that enables the printer to emulate a color pen plotter. Pen select commands are interpreted to select a halftone dot pattern, and plot commands are interpreted to define an outline of the line to be plotted, and fill the outline with the selected halftone dot pattern.