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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. 24, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Sumiya, Nagoya, JP;
Kousuke Fukaya, Kariya, JP;
Sunao Kawai, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Sasaki, Gamagori, JP;
Yoshiyuki Ban, Aichi, JP;
Ryohei Komiya, Nagoya, JP;
Kiyoji Muramatsu, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395109 ; 395112 ;
Abstract
A print control apparatus for use with a printer for forming a print output based on command data generated by a computer. The print control apparatus includes a line segment data conversion unit for converting computer-generated command data to successive pieces of line segment data each having a position and a length in a raster direction, and a raster image data conversion unit for converting the line segment data to raster image data based on which printing is performed by the printer.