Patent Document ID: 5473982
Application ID: 08031817
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A stencil producing apparatus for producing a stencil having a desired stencil image, comprising: storing means for storing a plurality of data representing a plurality of image forming elements of at least two types, one of said types being non-alphanumeric, said storing means includes a frame storing means for previously storing a plurality of frame data each representing a corresponding one of a plurality of frame images; selecting means for selecting at least one of the plurality of data of each of the at least two types of image forming elements which constitutes a desired stencil image, said selecting means includes frame selecting means for selecting at least one of the plurality of frame data representing a frame image which constitutes a part of the desired stencil image; combining means for combining the selected data of the at least two types of image forming elements into an image data corresponding to the desired stencil image; and perforating means for selectively perforating a blank stencil paper to form holes in accordance with the image data, to thereby produce a stencil having the desired stencil image.