Patent ID: 6637325
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
A computer interface for a stencil printer comprising a data receiving means which receives printing data and/or program rewriting data from a computer, a data processing means which converts the printing data into stencil making data according to a running program, and a video data output means which outputs the stencil making data to a stencil printer with stencil making system, wherein the improvement comprises thatthe data processing means is provided with a nonvolatile memory having a main program block which is rewritable and stores a main program and a start-up program block which is not rewritable and stores a start-up program, and a main program rewriting means rewrites a main program in the main program block when the main program which has been stored in the main program block is invalid or when the data receiving means receives program rewriting data from the computer.