Plotter with stored image information
US5202958A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/22
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plotter system having a plotter wherein, in a state in which the fore end of a writing utensil grasped by a pen carriage is brought into contact with the surface of a sheet placed on a recording surface, the pen carriage is moved in X-Y directions relative to the sheet on this sheet in accordance with movement data items transferred from a host computer, thereby to depict figures, characters etc. on the sheet surface. The plotter system comprises a nonvolatile memory capable of storing therein movement data for a stipulated pattern to be used in depicting the stipulated pattern on the sheet surface from among the movement data items transferred from the host computer to the plotter. In depicting the figures, the characters etc. including the stipulated pattern on the sheet surface by the use of the plotter, the stipulated pattern is depicted in accordance with the movement data stored in the nonvolatile memory, and the figures, the characters etc. other than the stipulated pattern are depicted by driving the plotter in accordance with the movement data items transferred from the host computer, except the movement data for the stipulated pattern.
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