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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention provides for printing apparatus comprising printing means and a host processor ( ) for delivering print data and command data via a common interface ( ) to the said printing means, and characterized in that the host processor is arranged to deliver said print data with a first characteristic and said command data with a second characteristic, and that the printing means comprises a printing device ( ) for receiving the said print data and a control device ( ) for receiving the said command data, the apparatus further including detecting means ( ) for detecting the said characteristic of the data appearing at the common interface ( ), and switch means ( ) responsive to the detecting means detecting the said first characteristic for switching data from said common interface ( ) to the said printing device ( ) so that the full potential of the printing device ( ) can be realized.