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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shaun Timothy Love, Lexington, KY (US);
Martin Geoffrey Rivers, Lexington, KY (US);
Hugh Deral Spears, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06F / ; B41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358-115 ; 358-113 ; 358-116 ; 358-11 ; 710-8 ; 710 10 ;
Abstract
The present invention allows the operation of an attached external input device by a printer. The external input device may be, for example, a scanner or digital camera giving the printer the capability to function as a copier. Software to control or 'drive' the input device is optionally contained within the printer ROM or can be downloaded dynamically from the host computer or from another source. Because the software to drive the input device can be downloaded to the printer dynamically, a wide variety of devices can be used.