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US 2008/0174747 A1Published application
Printer and printer system
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsNobuhiro Fujinawa, Setsu Mitsuhashi, Akinobu Suga
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Abstract
A printer includes a printing unit that prints information upon an element to be printed upon; a projection unit that projects an optical image in a position that is different from a position of the element to be printed upon in which position the printing unit is printing the information; and a control unit that causes the projection unit to project an optical image that represents the information to be printed by the printing unit before printing by the printing unit is started.
Claims19
A printer, comprising:
- a printing unit that prints information upon an element to be printed upon;
- a projection unit that projects an optical image in a position that is different from a position of the element to be printed upon in which position the printing unit is printing the information;
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- a control unit that causes the projection unit to project an optical image that represents the information to be printed by the printing unit before printing by the printing unit is started.
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A printer system, comprising:
- an electronic camera that captures an optical image that has been projected, and transmits an image signal;
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- a printer including:
- a printing unit that prints information upon an element to be printed upon;
- a projection unit that projects an optical image showing a plurality of pieces of information;
- an image change detection unit that detects a change of the image signal transmitted from the electronic camera;
- a printing subject designation unit that emits a signal designating an optical image that is projected in a position corresponding to a region in which the change of the image signal has been detected as a subject for being printed;
- and a control unit that, during projection of the plurality of optical images by the projection unit, upon receipt of the signal from the printing subject designation unit that designates the subject for being printed, causes the printing unit to print the information represented by the signal that designates the printing subject.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.