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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Nobuyuki Horii, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhide Anbiru, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Uehara, Tokyo, JP;
Mikihiro Kajihara, Suwa, JP;
Seiji Tanaka, Suwa, JP;
Nobuyuki Horii, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhide Anbiru, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Uehara, Tokyo, JP;
Mikihiro Kajihara, Suwa, JP;
Seiji Tanaka, Suwa, JP;
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An apparatus, a method and a program are provided, each of which is intended to produce small prints. A variety of graphics are useful as framing elements for outer framing and tabulation with no need for increasing the volume of information to be prestored. One optional character, e.g., a pictogram, can be designated as a front ruling element and/or a rear ruling element for outer framing and tabulation. The optional character is chosen from among characters capable of input as character elements in lines of input characters. Upon execution of a print command, dot development is performed with respect to the front ruling portion and/or the rear ruling portion by utilizing fonts as character elements. Line types for upper ruling and lower ruling can also be designated, thereby effecting dot development depending upon the designated types of lines.