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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:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Applicants:
Kazuhito Gassho, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Haruo Tsurumaki, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Susumu Shiohara, Nagano-Ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a printer () prints a printing job of confidential printing which is a kind of printing of secret documents, even if the printer () itself is set to hold printing job data after printing, the printing job data are deleted without being held in a hard disk () after printing. Consequently, secrecy on the occasion of printing with some secret such as confidential printing can be heightened.