Appeal No. 96-3950
Application No. 08/131,056
and ordering data blocks to the previously discussed
decompression feature as operations to be performed on the
serialized data. In our view, since Dennis clearly discloses
(columns 16 and 17) the blocking of data as part of the
development of print data, the assembling and ordering of
these blocks in addition to decompression would necessarily
have to be performed at the printer in the "option 1" mode.
With respect to the limitations regarding the sending of
image initialization commands to the printer and the
subsequent sending of serializable print data from host to
printer after initialization, the Examiner (Answer, page 3)
has referenced column 14, line 60 through column 15, line 4
and column 27, lines 27-35 of Dennis. The first passage
involves the sending of status commands from the host computer
to the printer while the second involves the selection of
options or modes of operation. The Examiner argues at page 9
of the Answer that the claimed limitation is met since Dennis
provides for communication of commands from the host to the
printer and "initialization" is disclosed as being mode
selection in Appellants’ specification.
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