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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:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
David M. Pirie, Norwich, CT (US);
Todd M. Rearick, North Kingstown, RI (US);
George M. Sawyer, Norwich, CT (US);
Gunther International, Ltd., Norwich, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a modular imager having a service station assembly with a customized interface board, and also having a cartridge assembly with a customized rasterizer board and a customized pen driver board. The customized interface board has a controller that responds to an image signal having any one of a number of different standard interfaces, for providing an interface board image signal. The customized rasterizer board has a programmable logic device (i.e. firmware), responds to the interface board image signal, rasterizes the interface board image signal into a bitmap, and provides a rasterizer board image signal. The customized pen driver board has a programmable logic device (i.e. firmware), responds to the rasterizer board image signal, remaps the rasterizer board image signal, and provides a pen driver board signal.