Appeal No. 95-3405
Application 08/077,505
corresponding character on the print media on a page
basis.
Thus, based on the stored character set definition, control
signals for line printers are converted into control signals used
to operate an all points addressable printer. This makes the
character set definitions an emulation program within the context
of the appellant’s claims. Additionally, the character set
definitions are created in the host computer and then downloaded
to the printer. Therefore, the character set definitions as an
emulation program is an inputted emulation program. See Nelson
at column 4, lines 39-49.
The downloaded program is stored in a disk drive memory 114
which holds its contents even after the printer is turned off
(Column 4, lines 45-49). Nelson also discloses an interface
control means which implements a diagnostic write channel command
to transfer information from the host computer to the disk drive
memory 114 associated with the printer (Column 5, lines 33-50).
It is implicit that the interface determines whether the incoming
information is the character set definition or other data to be
stored on the disk drive before sending it to the disk drive.
See, for example, Nelson in column 4, lines 45-49. The claims do
not require that the emulation program is the only item stored on
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