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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1993
Masanori Ohtsuka, Yokohama, JP;
Takanobu Tsunemiya, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Tanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Matsumura, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imprinting apparatus for use in a camera having an imprinting device including a date information imprinting mode for imprinting date information, time information, or the like on a recording medium, and a message information imprinting mode for imprinting message information formed of alphanumeric characters, graphic designs or the like, or a message in the message information in one language being changed into a message in a different language if necessary, and an operating device for performing different operations on the imprinting device using the same operating member with respect to each of the date information imprinting mode and the message information imprinting mode.