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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:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Shoji Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Shoji Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A composite system including a printer having a carriage capable of interchangeably holding a print cartridge and a reader cartridge, and a host computer to which print software and read software are installed, capable of selectively realizing a print function or a read function, and a method for launching the selected function. When a detection mechanism provided in the carriage detects attachment of a cartridge, it outputs a signal indicative of the attachment and type of the cartridge. The host computer automatically launches either the print software or the read software depending upon the signal.