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Apparatus for controlling printing means

US4643089A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 18, 1985
Grant dateFeb 17, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00669
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In combination with apparatus for printing indicia on a sheet, and a microcomputer for controlling the indicia printing apparatus to cause the indicia to be printed a predetermined marginal distance from an edge of the sheet, there is provided an improvement for changing the marginal distance. The improvement comprises: operator-controlled apparatus for providing at least one signal representative of at least one increment of distance; and programming the microcomputer for processing the at least one signal to provide a changed marginal distance, wherein the changed marginal distance includes the predetermined distance changed by the at least one increment of distance.

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