Output device capable of automatically determining an output format
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKatsumi Masaki, Toshifumi Tago
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Abstract
An output device capable of automatically producing a balanced output format comprises a unit for measuring a width of a recording medium, a unit for determining an output format such as a character pitch and margin values based on the width of the recording medium and the number of characters per line to be recorded on the recording medium, and a recording unit which outputs characters in accordance with the determined output format.
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An output device for automatically producing a balanced output format, comprising:
- means for determining a character pitch and margin values based on the width of a recording medium and the number of characters per line to be recorded on the recording medium;
- check means for checking whether recording can be effected on the recording medium in accordance with the character pitch and margin values determined by said determining means;
- and
- recording control means for recording characters on the recording medium in accordance with the output of said determining means.
An output device for recording characters on a recording medium based upon the width of and margin values for the recording medium, said output device comprising:
- means for determining a character pitch based on the width of a recording medium, margin values to be set for the recording medium and the number of characters per line to be recorded on the recording medium;
- and
- recording control means for recording characters on the recording medium in accordance with the output of said determining means.
An output device for automatically producing a balanced output format, comprising:
- means for determining margin values of a recording medium based on the width of the recording medium, the number of characters per line to be recorded on the recording medium and a character pitch of the characters to be recorded on the recording medium;
- and
- recording control means for recording the characters on the recording medium in accordance with the margin values determined by said determining means.
An output device for automatically producing a balanced output format, comprising:
- means for determining margin values in accordance with the width of a recording medium;
- check means for checking whether recording can be effected on the recording medium in accordance with margin values determined by said determining means;
- and
- recording control means for recording characters in accordance with the margin values determined by said means.
An output device for recording character information in lines on a recording medium, comprising:
- detection means for providing size information indicative of the size of the recording medium;
- memory means for storing the number of characters per line of character information to be recorded on the recording medium;
- processing means for producing at least one of (a) margin values to be set for the recording medium and (b) a character pitch, in accordance with size information provided by said detection means and the number of characters per line stored in said memory means;
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- storage means for storing at least one of the margin values and the character pitch obtained by said processing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.