Appeal No. 2001-2579 Page 6
Application No. 08/885,996
[and] a data processing device in the form of a personal computer PC which provides
the laser printer LP with the print data. . . ." Col. 5, ll. 9-14. The PC includes "a hard
disk drive (HDD) 44. . . ." Col. 6, ll. 43-44. Although the PC can store multiple disk
drivers on its HDD, we find that it may also store one disk driver thereon. Specifically,
"[i]f the hard disk stores only one print driver, . . . the control flow goes to step S20 in
which this single print driver is read out from the hard disk and stored in the RAM 50. . .
." Col. 7, ll. 59-63 (emphases added). Using the stored print driver, "the personal
computer PC sends to the laser printer LP via the selected print driver, a batch of print
data representative of the desired printing job to be performed by the laser printer LP."
Col. 8, ll. 11-16. Because Sasaki discloses storing a print driver in a host computer, the
teachings of Kageyama are merely cumulative regarding the limitation.
Second, the examiner asserts, "[a]pplicant does not specify what a data
processing form is, recited in claim 1, and Sasaki is cited to teach confirmation of a data
processing form (e.g., a different language form) of a printer (col. 7, lines 34-49 taught
by Sasaki)." (Examiner's Answer at 8.) The appellant argues, "[n]either the definition of
Postscript nor PCL is equivalent to the data processing form defined in the
specification, i.e., a byte form, a word form or long word form." (Reply Br. at 9.)
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