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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Takeharu Shin, Tokyo, JP;
Shuzo Seo, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Tani, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Nukui, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Asashi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data symbol reading device for decoding a data symbol is provided with a reading head which has an opening for contacting a symbol reading surface on which the data symbol is positioned. The reading head also includes an optical system for forming an image of the data symbol on an imaging device. The imaging device outputs the image to a processing device which determines that the data symbol is read properly. The data symbol reading device further includes a printing device for printing a predetermined code on the data symbol in response to the processing device determining that the data has been properly read. The data reading device further includes a print mode selection system which selects one of a plurality of printing modes. The printing device prints none or at least one of the predetermined codes in response to the printing mode selected by the print mode selection system.