Appeal No. 1997-0317
Application No. 08/160,275
additional data outputs.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A print head having a plurality of driver ICs,
each driver IC including:
a main body;
a data input terminal formed on said main body,
connected to input print data for each dot in a sequence;
a shift register formed on said main body to
have at least a first cell, an intermediate cell and a last
cell, said first cell being connected to said data input
terminal, said print data being shifted to pass through said
first cell, said intermediate cell and said last cell in
sequence;
output pins formed on said main body and
connected to said shift register, for outputting said print
data stored in said shift register to print means in parallel;
a data output terminal, formed on said main
body and connected to said last cell for outputting said print
data from the last cell;
an additional data output terminal formed on
said main body to be connected to the intermediate cell for
outputting said print data from the intermediate cell; and
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