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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:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuji Maeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364519 ; 346 / ; 364200 ;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a program memory having a parallel transfer program and a serial transfer program, a connector on the electronic apparatus to which a parallel transfer interface or a serial transfer interface is detachably connected, and a judging unit for judging the kind of the printer interface connected to the connector. A program suitable for the kind of the printer interface judged by the judge unit is called from the program memory by means of a program selecting unit. This enables the electronic apparatus to be connected for use with a parallel transfer printer and a serial transfer printer.