Output apparatus

An output apparatus comprising:

• print means for printing characters;
• retaining means for retaining input character data as data for erasure, the input data retained in said retaining means being sequentially updated in response to the input from a keyboard;
• a liquid jet recording head having a liquid storage member and at least a single thermal element to heat liquid within the liquid storage member for forming a droplet of the liquid to be ejected from said head upon activation and consequent heating of the single thermal element by application thereto of drive signal pulses;
• designation means for designating desired character data within the character data retained by said retaining means;
• position instruction means for instructing the selection of a desired position on a print medium at which the desired character data is to be printed;
• printing instruction means for instructing printing of the designated character data;
• and
• control means for controlling said recording head so as to read out and print the designated character data from said retaining means without retaining the designated character data in said retaining means at the position instructed by said position instruction means in response to instructions from said printing instruction means.

A method of outputting information comprising the steps of:

• printing characters inputted from a keyboard;
• storing character information used for inputted printed characters, in such a manner that the stored character information is sequentially updated in response to the input from said keyboard;
• selecting a part of the character information of at least a character stored in said storing step by instructing the selection of a start point and an end point of the character information;
• instructing the selecting of a desired position on a print medium at which the selected part of character information is to be printed;
• instructing printing at the instructed position of the selected part of the character information;
• and
• controlling the operation in said printing step so as to read out and print the selected part of the character information stored in said storing step without storing the read out selected part of the character information in accordance with the printing instruction in said printing instruction step.

A method of outputting information, comprising the steps of:

• printing characters;
• retaining input character data as data for erasure of printed characters in such a manner that the retained character data is sequentially updated in response to the input from a keyboard;
• forming a droplet of the liquid to be ejected from a liquid jet recording head upon activation and consequent heating of at least a single thermal element, to heat liquid within a liquid storage member contained in the liquid jet recording head, by the application to the thermal element of drive signal pulses;
• designating desired character data within the character data retained in said retaining step;
• instructing printing of the designated character data;
• instructing the selecting of a desired position on a print medium at which the desired character data is to be printed;
• and
• controlling the recording head so as to read out and print the designated character data from the input character data stored in said retaining step without retaining the read designated character data, at the position instructed in said step for instructing the desired position in response to instructions instructed in said printing instructing step.