Typewriting machines – Pocket typewriter
Patent
1998-06-10
1999-12-07
Burr, Edgar
Typewriting machines
Pocket typewriter
40012016, 400586, B41J 336
Patent
active
059971932
ABSTRACT:
An intelligent, portable printer having a microprocessor controller, a printing mechanism, and a web feed mechanism integrated into an assembly which, together with a battery pack, may weigh about 1.5 pounds and be about 60 cubic inches in volume. The web may have removable labels adhesively attached to a liner, or it may be linerless label stock with exposed adhesive, or it may be non-adhesive plain paper stock. The web may be printed with bar codes, graphics, text, or lines. Because the printer is so small and light in weight, it may be used at any site where labels are required. By labels is meant any tickets, stickers, or other patches (so-called "label-stock"). The controller includes a microprocessor which communicates interactively with a terminal, which may be remote from the printer and may include or be a host computer, via cable, radio, or optical interfaces. The terminal supplies application programs and data representing the information to be printed. The controller in the printer converts such data into printing formats for operating the printer mechanism. The state of the printer is communicated to the terminal and both operate interactively to produce labels. The printer can operate in a network of portable printers and terminals.
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Amani Majid
Beck David F.
Petterutti Steven
Burr Edgar
Comtec Information Systems Inc.
Lukacher K.
Lukacher M.
Nolan, Jr. Charles H.
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