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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:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akio Sugaya, Yokohama, JP;
Kunio Okada, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395112 ;
Abstract
An output apparatus such as a printer is controlled by a control program. A first control program is stored in a fixed storage medium, and a second control program having a different operation than the first control program is stored in a detachable storage medium. The two control programs are selectively used, based on data received from a host computer.