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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. 01, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen P Johnson, Lexington, KY (US);
Christy A West, Versailles, KY (US);
Edward W Yohon, Jr, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358296 ; 395115 ;
Abstract
Printer (1) is provided with a mode to print forms without reference to or interruption of a host computer and with immediate printing of one or more of the forms. Page data for the forms is stored in flash memory (21) in a high level printer language. At initiation of the forms mode at least the first listed document is immediately prepared by the control data processor (17) of the printer in bit mapped form for printing. Documents are listed on the control panel by name for ready selection for printing.