Patent · US Expired

Printing device

US5700098A · kind A · utility

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9References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 1995
Grant dateDec 23, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 24, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0097
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing device is described which can provide extended functions while nevertheless remaining portable and inexpensive. This is achieved by providing an interface which is connected to a controller of the printing device and which is adapted to be connected to one of a selection of external cartridges to support a wider variety of functions of the printing device.

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