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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuji Asano, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520063 ; 39520058 ; 379 9333 ;
Abstract
Transmission, speed at which data is transmitted over a digital transmission line between a transmission device and a remote device, is set by transmitting an inquiry command to the remote device at a predetermined transmission speed; receiving, from the remote device, a response to the inquiry command; determining based on the content of the response any transmission speeds common between the remote device and the transmission device; and setting transmission speed at which transmission between the transmission device and a remote device is to be performed to one of the transmission speeds common between the remote device and the transmission device.