Patent ID: 6278525
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A character information processor having a function of printing an input character string a plurality of times on a print medium in forming a corresponding plurality of separate copies each with a single copy of the input string, said processor comprising:print-instruction issuing means selectable by a user commanding start of until-stop continuous printing for issuing an until-halt consecutive-print instruction, without setting the number of articles to be printed, to initiate repeatedly printing the input character string on the print medium until a print halt instruction is issued;printing means, responsive to the until-halt consecutive-print instruction from the print instruction issuing means, for repeatedly printing the input character string on the print medium an indefinite number of times;print-halt-instruction issuing means responsive to the user commanding the printing to stop or responsive to sensing an end of the print medium for issuing the print halt instruction for halting the repeated printing conducted by said printing means; andprint halting means responsive to the print-halt-instruction issuing means for halting the repeated printing conducted by said printing means when the print halt instruction is issued.