EP0372844A3 - A control system for a printer - Google Patents

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EP0372844A3
EP0372844A3 EP19890312546 EP89312546A EP0372844A3 EP 0372844 A3 EP0372844 A3 EP 0372844A3 EP 19890312546 EP19890312546 EP 19890312546 EP 89312546 A EP89312546 A EP 89312546A EP 0372844 A3 EP0372844 A3 EP 0372844A3
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printer
control system
control
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James R Ii Delsignore
Paul S. Ferrell
Kathleen Maginnity
Alan H. Walker
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NCR International Inc
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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
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/18—Character-spacing or back-spacing mechanisms; Carriage return or release devices therefor
    • B41J19/20—Positive-feed character-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/202—Drive control means for carriage movement
    • B41J19/205—Position or speed detectors therefor
    • B41J19/207—Encoding along a bar
EP19890312546 1988-12-02 1989-12-01 A control system for a printer Expired - Lifetime EP0372844B1 (en)

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US27886688A 1988-12-02 1988-12-02
US278866 1988-12-02

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EP0372844A2 EP0372844A2 (en) 1990-06-13
EP0372844A3 true EP0372844A3 (en) 1990-11-28
EP0372844B1 EP0372844B1 (en) 1993-09-15

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EP19890312546 Expired - Lifetime EP0372844B1 (en) 1988-12-02 1989-12-01 A control system for a printer

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JP (1) JP2850142B2 (en)
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US7699435B2 (en) 2005-02-15 2010-04-20 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Uniquely spaced markings
US7654629B2 (en) 2006-07-27 2010-02-02 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Carriage positioning
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US4338035A (en) * 1980-08-11 1982-07-06 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printer
EP0141243A1 (en) * 1983-09-27 1985-05-15 Genicom Corporation Method and apparatus for normalizing the speed of an element
WO1985003036A1 (en) * 1984-01-12 1985-07-18 Ncr Corporation Position indicator means for an electrically controlled device such as a printer

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US4338035A (en) * 1980-08-11 1982-07-06 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Printer
EP0141243A1 (en) * 1983-09-27 1985-05-15 Genicom Corporation Method and apparatus for normalizing the speed of an element
WO1985003036A1 (en) * 1984-01-12 1985-07-18 Ncr Corporation Position indicator means for an electrically controlled device such as a printer

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 145 (M-224)[1290], 24th June 1983; & JP-A-58 56 885 (SANYO DENKI K.K.) 04-04-1983 *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 7, no. 63 (M-200)[1208], 16th March 1983; & JP-A-57 207 080 (TOKYO SHIBAURA DENKI K.K.) 18-12-1982 *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 9, no. 80 (M-370)[1803], 10th April 1985; & JP-A-59 209 895 (RICOH K.K.) 28-11-1984 *

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DE68909189T2 (en) 1994-04-28
EP0372844B1 (en) 1993-09-15
JPH02179779A (en) 1990-07-12
DE68909189D1 (en) 1993-10-21
JP2850142B2 (en) 1999-01-27
EP0372844A2 (en) 1990-06-13

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