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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:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mathew R Palmer, Cambridge, GB;
Ian Thompson-Bell, Royston, GB;
Assignee:
Esselte N.V., St. Niklass, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347171 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for printing characters that minimizes the information that needs storage for each character that can be printed. The apparatus according to the invention uses a storage device containing font data for the characters and identifiers which identify an algorithm to be used for recreating the character. A processor coupled to the storage device generates pixel data for printing based on the stored font data, an identifier, and one of multiple