Recorders – Printing – dotting – or punching marker – Ink transfer support or moving means
Patent
1990-07-02
1992-02-04
Miller, Jr., George H.
Recorders
Printing, dotting, or punching marker
Ink transfer support or moving means
355316, 355323, 358300, G01D 1514, G03G 2100, H04N 123
Patent
active
050863096
ABSTRACT:
A page printer and system including a page printer. The page printer and each paper handling accessory device within the system includes a control unit. The control unit of the printer includes a main control unit and an auxiliary control unit. The main control unit supplies at least recording format data associated with the recording format of the recording data to the auxiliary control unit. The main control unit also inspects the specifications of each accessary device which have been previously stored in the auxiliary control unit to place the system in a standby state prior to receiving instructions to begin printing. The auxiliary control unit stores the specifications associated with each optional device and the recording format data and controls the operation of the page printer and each accessary device.
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Iida Kazuhiko
Koiwai Masahiro
Blum Kaplan
Miller Jr. George H.
Seiko Epson Corporation
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