Appeal No. 2001-0830
Application No. 08/917,718
1. An interface system between at least one image forming
machine and a computer, comprising:
data input means for receiving data from the computer, said
data including a header portion and a data portion;
determining means for determining whether the data input
through said data input means is print data or environment
setting data based on a header code included in the header
portion of the data received from the computer;
page data storing means for storing page data prepared based
on the print data determined by said determining means;
nonvolatile storage means for storing the environment
setting data determined by said determining means; and
an output means for outputting the page data stored in said
page data storage means to the image forming machine based on the
environment setting data stored in said nonvolatile storage
means,
wherein the environment setting data and the print data are
input as data in separate packet formats.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Kashiwazaki et al. [Kashiwazaki] 5,748,861 May 5, 1998
(filed May 18, 1993)
Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as
anticipated by Kashiwazaki.
Claims 5 and 8-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Kashiwazaki.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
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