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Portable printer/facsimile device

US6069711A · kind A · utility

147Cited by
9References
16Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 25, 1997
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00538
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable printer/facsimile device having a facsimile function and also a normal printer function. A printer body (2) has a scanner unit (5), a printer unit (4), a telephone connection terminal, a printer cable connection terminal and a battery housing for accommodating a battery serving as a drive power source. A facsimile control unit (64) sends facsimile data read by the scanner unit (5) through the telephone connection terminal, and holds received facsimile data inputted through the telephone connection terminal. A printer control unit (51) prints out printing data inputted through the printer cable connection terminal and the received facsimile data held by the facsimile control unit (64) by the printer unit (4). This printer/facsimile device has an easily detachable roll paper holder on an outside surface of the printer body (2).

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