Appeal No. 2002-0886
Application No. 08/674,937
First, the user can purchase a printer having a larger
amount of ROM with more fonts stored in the ROM. Second, the
user can purchase a printer with a reduced number of fonts, and
then purchase additional RAM plus additional fonts. See page 2
of Appellant's specification. From a user's perspective, both
options are undesirable because they require the user to pay more
to own and operate a printer. See page 3 of Appellant's
specification.
Typically, ROM is assembled in a manner that results in the
total amount of ROM being a factor of two, i.e., two megabytes,
four megabytes, eight megabytes, or more. But assembling ROM in
this manner can result in a portion of the ROM not being used.
Appellant's invention utilizes this unused memory for storing
additional fonts. See page 6 of Appellant's specification.
Figure 3 is a pictorial representation of a ROM that may be
used to implement the method and apparatus for additional font
availability. ROM 300 is a single ROM in which operating
software 302, fonts 304, and additional fonts 306 are stored
thereon. Additional fonts 306 are stored in what would have been
unused space within ROM 300. Fonts 304 and additional fonts 306
are stored in the ROM in a manner that eliminates or minimizes
the amount of unused ROM space. Thus, the total number of fonts
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