Apparatus for printing out graphical patterns

An apparatus for printing out a musical score, comprising:

• means for successively receiving a data signal representing consecutive measure blocks of a musical score, each measure blocks including at least one measure;
• memory means connected to the receiving means to store a data portion contained in said data signal and constituting at least one of the measure blocks contained in said data signal;
• read-out means connected to said memory means to timewisely successively read out said data portion stored in said memory means;
• printing means connected to said read-out means to timewisely successively print out said musical score on a recording sheet in accordance with the data portion being read out from said memory means;
• first controlling means connected to said read-out means and to said printing means to suspend the print-out operation at a point midway of one of said consecutive measure blocks of a musical score;
• resumption commanding means to command to resume the suspended print-out operation;
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• second controlling means connected to said resumption commanding means, to said read-out means and to said printing means to cause to resume the printing-out operation at least from the beginning of said measure block containing said point at which the printing-out operation has been suspended, in accordance with a resumption command delivered from said resumption commanding means.

An apparatus for printing out a musical score, comprising:

• memory means for storing a musical score data consisting of data for a plurality of blocks of measures;
• read-out means connected to said memory means to successively read out said musical score data from said memory means;
• converting means connected to said read-out means for converting the musical score data read out from said memory means to a musical score printing and paper feeding data;
• printing means connected to said converting means for printing out a musical score on a printing sheet based on said musical score printing and paper feeding data delivered from said converting means;
• stopping means connected to said read-out means and said printing means to stop their read-out and printing-out operations;
• resumption commanding means connected to said read-out means and to said printing means to cause them to resume their suspended read-out and printing-out operations;
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• read-out resumption position designating means connected to said memory means and to said resumption commanding means to designate the beginning of a measure in the musical score data whose printing has been suspended at a point midway of said measure of the musical score,
• said read-out resumption position designating means being connected to said read-out means and to said printing means to cause them to resume their read-out and print-out operations at a designated read-out resumption position in accordance with a reprint command delivered from the resumption commanding means after a suspension of the read-out and print-out operations.