Font conversion apparatus for matrix printing
CA 1103372 A · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Herendeen, Carl E.; Ragen, Robert A.
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A f?t conversion apparatus for energizing a selected one or more of a plurality of actuation devices in order to cause a printing element associated with each selected actuation device to strike an adjacent recording medium. The apparatus comprises a memory device responsive to a predetermined address signal for supplying a plurality of data bits and a conversion bit together identifying those actuation devices selected for energization, a plurality of switches respectively coupled to the plurality of actuation devices each switch capable of energizing its respective actuation device in response to receipt of a data bit of a first state and a control circuit coupled to the memory device and …
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- Granted June 16, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 16, 1998.
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