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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362461 | Computer network and related methods for generating printer usage information A computer network may include a plurality of computers connected together in a network and generating printer control data, and at least one printer connected to the network for printing the printer control data. The at least one designated computer may generate pr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7228292 | Card-based system and method for issuing negotiable instruments A system is provided for establishing uninsured accounts which can be remotely accessed by account holders to obtain access to account funds through the issuance of negotiable instruments made payable to the account holder. The account holder enters its account numb... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7167264 | E-mail responsive printing apparatus A printing device has multiple finishing functions and multiple e-mail accounts on a mail server in a network. Correspondence between finishing functions set by a user and e-mail accounts are stored in a printing device. An e-mail sent to each e-mail account undergo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7054015 | Printer description file format generator The conventional generation of original and design-change PPD files for printer drivers is tedious and prone to error as each version for a language-platform combination is constructed. The invention generates all the necessary PPD files for any needed platform/lang... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054019 | Method and system for tracking the current date and time with a printer and operating the printer accordingly Printer drivers in printer clients which have internal clocks take time/date data from the clock of the printer client and append that data to each transmission of a print job to a connected printer. The printer's processor extracts that time/date data from the prin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6932523 | Printing system including a printer and client devices connected by a network A printing system includes a printer and computers connected by an network. A mail server is provided for transmitting notification data from the printer to the computers in the form of an email message. Print data stored in the printer is erased once the print data... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6384931 | Method and system for capturing destination addresses from label data The invention is a method and system of capturing a destination address from a label print stream in a data processing system which is capable of supporting an object oriented programming environment. The method begins with the initiation of a print strea... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5993088 | Method for improving print performance and quality by accumulating, storing and using resource accounting information with a print job The invention provide a method for optimal use of print resource during the preparation a print job for printing. During the creation of a spool file, or similar intermediate file, the invention logs data on print resource usage in a print job in an accou... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5678937 | Apparatus for dispensing a document having monetary value A method and apparatus for dispensing money orders at a plurality of retail establishments is provided, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device. Preferably, each of the money order dispensers include a digital processor for... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5667315 | Method and apparatus for dispensing money orders A method and apparatus for dispensing money orders at a plurality of retail establishments is provided, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device. Preferably, each of the money order dispensers include a digital processor for... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5372436 | Typewriter having a check printing function A typewriter having a check printing function includes a keyboard for inputting various character data and commands, a display for displaying the character data input from the keyboard, a printing mechanism for printing the character data input from the k... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5371680 | Accounting book automatic entering device An accounting book automatic entering device, by which, when it is used for business processing in an accounting system, linked with an output device of a computer, trade data can be recorded in lines directly succeeding the last line of the preceding rec... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370466 | Tyepwriter having a calculation function A typewriter having a calculation function includes a keyboard for inputting various character data and commands, a display for displaying the character data input from the keyboard, a printing mechanism for printing the character data input from the keyb... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5067832 | Expandable module frame for mounting printer and accessory modules A printer for a plurality of different printing objects serving as a multifunctional printer is subject to problems of economic production. A printer system which allows to process all internationally required forms and savings booklets, records, checks, ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4656602 | Method of control placement of image of document to be printed on paper in an interactive text processing system A method controls the printing of documents created by interactive text processing systems so that the document image is positioned on the paper in the same location when the document is printed by two different printers with different paper positioning p... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4553219 | Typewriter having calculating capability A typewriter having a calculating function, comprising: a keyboard having a plurality of character keys including letter, numeral and arithmetic symbol keys; an arithmetic unit for performing an arithmetic operation designated by at least one of the arith... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4527917 | Electronic 3-mode typewriter/calculator with special dead keys and repeat keys An electronic typewriter having calculating, displaying and editing capabilities as well as printing capability. The typewriter includes a main control device having three different modes in which the typewriter is operated. In the first mode, the control... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4330776 | Keyboard type of input control system for an analytical instrument An input control includes first and second keyboard assemblies mounted on a common structural unit, an encoder on the unit, and a plurality of output conductors connected to the encoder for transmitting a binary coded signal when a key is actuated. The fi... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4264218 | Printing device This printing device is provided with a printing wheel for printing digits on such printed sheet as a check and another printing means for printing digits on a journal paper. According to this printing device, a series of digits memorized in advance withi... | 04/28/1981 |
| 3995750 | Document transport and system A document transport and system particularly useful as a bank-proof machine employs a keyboard of a type for normal use with two hands simultaneously for recording data read from checks by the keyboard operator. A feed hopper feeds checks one at a time fr... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3976840 | Portable securities selector system A system for enabling securities information to be elicited and transactions to be automatically executed by an investor from a conventional telephone. A portable pocketsized data terminal having a keyboard, a display and status indicator lamps includes a... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3940758 | Expandable keyboard for electronic pocket calculators and the like An expandable keyboard for a pocket-type calculator is made in modular form to electrically interconnect to form a keyboard much larger than that of a familiar pocket calculator. The keyboard portions are hinged together normally forming a stack, which oc... | 02/24/1976 |
