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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsuneaki Kurumida, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395115 ; 395110 ;
Abstract
An output apparatus having a dot matrix memory and a non-dot-matrix memory, and a method applicable to such an apparatus, in which the dot matrix memory stores an externally entered download font for converting code data into dot matrix data, and in which the non-dot-matrix memory stores non-dot-matrix data for converting code data into non-dot-matrix data and then into dot matrix data. When code is received, the two mentioned memories are controlled so as to have priority in the order: dot matrix memory, then non-dot-matrix memory, to obtain a desired dot pattern in response to the received code data.