Computer with attached printer
AssigneeBrother International Corporation
InventorsRichard K Brenner, Mark S. Kimbrough, Philip Leung, Robert H. Garrett, Pearce Jones, Christopher A. Cogburn
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Abstract
An information device having a printer includes a body and a printer portion for housing the printer and a printing medium. The body has a display screen side in which a display screen is positioned and a printer side positioned opposite the display screen side. The printer portion is attached to the printer side of the body such that the printer portion remains concealed during operation of the printer when the information device is viewed from the display screen side.
Claims19
An information device having an attached printer and a keyboard, comprising:
- a body having a bottom surface, a display screen side in which a display screen is positioned at an angle with respect to the bottom surface, and a printer side positioned opposite the display screen side having a keyboard storage portion shaped to at least partially receive the keyboard, said display screen having a first width extending from one side to another side;
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- a printer portion for housing the printer and a print medium attached to the printer side of the body and comprising a front major surface, a top surface substantially perpendicular to said front major surface and a rear surface, wherein said front major surface of said printer portion is positioned substantially parallel to said display screen such that a second width extending from one side to another side of the printer portion is less than the first width of the display screen when the information device is viewed from the display screen side.
An information device having a printer for printing information onto paper supplied from a paper roll and a keyboard operatively linked to the information device, the information device comprising:
- a body having a front profile on a display screen side in which a display screen is positioned and a rear profile on a keyboard storage side having a keyboard storage portion shaped to at least partially receive the keyboard;
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- a printer portion enclosing the printer and the paper roll and attached to the keyboard storage side of the body, the printer portion comprising a front profile, a top profile substantially perpendicular to said front profile and a rear profile, wherein the front profile of the body is greater than the front profile of the printer portion viewed from the display screen side such that the printer portion is concealed from view.
An information device having an attached printer and a keyboard, comprising:
- a body having a display screen side on which a display screen is positioned and a printer side positioned opposite the display screen side having a keyboard storage portion shaped to at least partially receive the keyboard, and
- a printer portion for housing the printer and a print medium attached to the printer side of the body, the printer portion comprising a front major surface, a top surface substantially perpendicular to said front major surface and a rear surface,
- wherein the rear surface of the printer portion includes an exit opening through which the print medium exits, and wherein the printer portion and the print medium remain concealed during operation of the printer when the information device is viewed from the display screen side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.