CA936807A - Printer control with monodirectional and bidirectional printing compatibility - Google Patents

Printer control with monodirectional and bidirectional printing compatibility

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Publication number
CA936807A
CA936807A CA125322A CA125322A CA936807A CA 936807 A CA936807 A CA 936807A CA 125322 A CA125322 A CA 125322A CA 125322 A CA125322 A CA 125322A CA 936807 A CA936807 A CA 936807A
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Prior art keywords
monodirectional
printer control
bidirectional printing
printing compatibility
compatibility
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Expired
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CA125322A
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CA125322S (en
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Justin H. Mccarthy, Jr.
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International Business Machines Corp
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/485—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
    • B41J2/505—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements
    • B41J2/5056—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements using dot arrays providing selective dot disposition modes, e.g. different dot densities for high speed and high-quality printing, array line selections for multi-pass printing, or dot shifts for character inclination
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/14—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction
    • B41J19/142—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction with a reciprocating print head printing in both directions across the paper width
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/09—Digital output to typewriters

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Character Spaces And Line Spaces In Printers (AREA)
  • Record Information Processing For Printing (AREA)
  • Dot-Matrix Printers And Others (AREA)
CA125322A 1970-10-26 1971-10-18 Printer control with monodirectional and bidirectional printing compatibility Expired CA936807A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US8402670A 1970-10-26 1970-10-26

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CA936807A true CA936807A (en) 1973-11-13

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CA125322A Expired CA936807A (en) 1970-10-26 1971-10-18 Printer control with monodirectional and bidirectional printing compatibility

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US (1) US3708050A (xx)
JP (1) JPS53665B1 (xx)
BE (1) BE771898A (xx)
BR (1) BR7107124D0 (xx)
CA (1) CA936807A (xx)
CH (1) CH534397A (xx)
DE (1) DE2152884C3 (xx)
FR (1) FR2109717A5 (xx)
GB (1) GB1348434A (xx)
NL (1) NL169240C (xx)
SE (1) SE376500B (xx)

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US3867882A (en) * 1973-04-19 1975-02-25 Houston Eng Res Apparatus for printing labels directly onto packages, containers and the like
US3911818A (en) * 1973-09-04 1975-10-14 Moore Business Forms Inc Computer controlled ink jet printing
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US3965476A (en) * 1974-07-05 1976-06-22 Per E. Wenander Laser printing method and system
US4123182A (en) * 1976-05-17 1978-10-31 Lrc, Inc. Cam drive for matrix print heads and the like
US4075636A (en) * 1976-12-16 1978-02-21 International Business Machines Corporation Bi-directional dot matrix printer with slant control
JPS5850066B2 (ja) * 1977-02-07 1983-11-08 ケイディディ株式会社 フアクシミリ信号変換装置
US4147967A (en) * 1977-11-10 1979-04-03 Ncr Corporation Apparatus and method for controlling the velocity of a moveable member
US4204777A (en) * 1978-01-16 1980-05-27 Ncr Corporation Matrix printer control system
US4242003A (en) * 1978-10-16 1980-12-30 Xerox Corporation Multi-pass matrix printing
US4353298A (en) * 1979-10-19 1982-10-12 International Business Machines Corporation Partial line turnaround for printers
DE3235676A1 (de) * 1982-09-27 1984-03-29 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Verfahren und anordnung zum darstellen von zeichen
JPS59127783A (ja) * 1983-01-11 1984-07-23 Ricoh Co Ltd プリンタ
DE3526369A1 (de) * 1985-07-24 1987-02-05 Mannesmann Ag Digitaler mikroprozessor fuer das darstellen von schraegschrift (kursivschrift), insbesondere in datenstationen und auf matrixdruckern
US4761085A (en) * 1987-04-01 1988-08-02 International Business Machines Corporation Printer with enhanced bidirectional logic seeking for increased through-put
JP2848245B2 (ja) * 1994-06-06 1999-01-20 ブラザー工業株式会社 プリンタ設定装置
US6318827B1 (en) * 1998-10-28 2001-11-20 Hewlett-Packard Company Method of improving print quality by selectively changing print direction

Family Cites Families (6)

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US2578771A (en) * 1948-10-28 1951-12-18 Zint George Typewriter for writing continuously in opposite directions
FR72107E (xx) * 1956-05-22 1960-03-30
DE1250171B (de) * 1959-01-26 1967-09-14 Los Altos Hills Calif Dr Gerhard Dirks (V St A) Steuereinrichtung fur em durch Codesignale steuerbares Druckwerk
NL256071A (xx) * 1959-09-26
US3036685A (en) * 1960-10-24 1962-05-29 Zint George Typewriter writing continuously in opposite directions
US3517592A (en) * 1967-11-14 1970-06-30 Ibm Reciprocating lens photocomposer

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CH534397A (de) 1973-02-28
DE2152884B2 (de) 1974-05-30
BR7107124D0 (pt) 1973-04-10
NL7114266A (xx) 1972-04-28
DE2152884C3 (de) 1975-01-09
NL169240B (nl) 1982-01-18
GB1348434A (en) 1974-03-20
JPS53665B1 (xx) 1978-01-11
US3708050A (en) 1973-01-02
FR2109717A5 (xx) 1972-05-26
DE2152884A1 (de) 1972-04-27
NL169240C (nl) 1982-06-16
BE771898A (fr) 1971-12-31
SE376500B (xx) 1975-05-26

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