Control apparatus for serial printer
CA 1086654 A · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Chang, Louis H.; Ruble, Frank D.; Fravel, John C.
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A serial printer comprises a carriage, a print member rotatably mounted to the carriage and including a plurality of character elements, a first drive assembly coupled to the print member for rotating the print member to a desired rotational position in order to place a selected character element at a printing position adjacent a record medium to be printed upon, a second drive assembly coupled to the carriage for moving the carriage along a predetermined path whereby the print member is caused to move to a desired printing position along the path, a first servo control system coupled to the first drive assembly and responsive to a first set of input data and instructions for controlling …
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- Granted September 30, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 30, 1997.
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