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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1995
Ronald C Murray, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of transferring digital information corresponding to a bit-mapped image from a first device, such as a computer, to a suitable receiving device, such as a printer with adjustable margins. Raster columns within the bit-mapped image are recognized, the margins of the raster columns are defined, the margins of the receiving device are adjusted so that a single raster column is defined within the margins, and data comprising the raster column is sent to the receiving device in a manner that utilizes the automatic cursor reset capability of the receiving device. The raster columns are identified by scanning the bit-mapped image to identify columns of data separated by column-wise areas without HIGH data values.