Apparatus and method for printing character and ruled line
US5002408A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J29/26
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for printing characters and ruled lines which includes an input device for inputting character data and lateral and longitudinal line data, a printing device for printing characters and ruled lines every page on prescribed paper, and a control device for judging whether a longitudinal line exists or not in each of the lines just before and after the boundary between two pages and giving any one of the following instructions to the printing device when the existence of a lateral line is recognized on the boundary; (i) to print a lateral line on the bottom of the foot line of the previous page when the longitudinal line exists on the last line before the boundary but not on the first line after the boundary; (ii) to print a lateral line on the upside of the first line of the following page when the longitudinal line exists on the first line after the boundary but not on the first line before the boundary; and (iii) to print a lateral line on the bottom of the foot line of the previous page and the upside of the first line of the following page when the longitudinal line exists on both of the lines just before and after the boundary, and a method of printing characters an…
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