Patent · US Expired

Line spacing and column format control system

US4207011A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 6, 1978
Grant dateJun 10, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 6, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J21/14
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for printing a plurality of sequentially stored text columns in a side-by-side format with the line spacing of one column varying from that of another. Each column is to be printed out in an operator defined location. After a line from one of the columns is printed on a print line in a defined location, the carrier is caused to escape. Any corresponding lines from succeeding columns, as determined by their line spacing requirements, are printed on the same line prior to causing a printer carrier return. That is, the line spacing requirement of a column is utilized to determine whether a line from the column is to be printed on the print line being printed.

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