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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Kenji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimmura, Tokyo, JP;
Takanobu Kameda, Tokyo, JP;
Chieko Aida, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Kurashina, Suwa, JP;
Takeshi Hosokawa, Suwa, JP;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a character information processor having a function of printing an input character string on a print medium. The character information processor of the present invention includes print-instruction issuing unit for issuing a print-halt-instruction-waiting consecutive-print instruction of repeatedly printing a same character string on the print medium until a print halt instruction is issued, and printing unit for repeatedly printing the same character string on the print medium when the print-halt-instruction-waiting consecutive-print instruction is issued. Also, the processor includes print-halt-instruction issuing unit for issuing a print halt instruction of halting the repeated printing conducted by the printing unit, and print halting unit for halting the repeated printing conducted by the printing unit when the print halt instruction is issued.