TODAY’S PATENT – PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS

This invention was invented by Masaki Nishiyama and was assigned to canon Inc. On 7^th June 1995 which was later granted with utility patent on 18^th February 1997 by the USPTO bearing the grant number. US5604844A. The invention relates to a printing apparatus that can feed paper without going into an off-line state to initiate printing action.

The apparatus has an on-line mode and an off-line mode. In the on-line mode, receives data from a host computer and executes data printing onto a recording medium based on the received data. the invention comprises of an automatic paper feeder & a ink jet printer. The apparatus can perform memory storage to identify information that are feeded into it. it is used on the base whether printing is being done for a paper feed activity. Even in the online mode, the paper feed is enabled when printing is not being done, eliminating the need for a pointless key operation. Additionally, a paper discharge stop function is available, a line feed key is set to be the same key as a paper discharge key, and thus allows for a significant amount of line feeding to be accomplished with less keystrokes.