Appeal No. 2002-0886
Application No. 08/674,937
in the printer is increased without any additional hardware. See
page 7 of Appellant's specification.
Referring to Figure 4, a flowchart depicts a preferred
method for additional font availability. The method begins at
block 400, with all the fonts stored in ROM within the printer.
A user turns on the printer, and a portion of the fonts stored in
the ROM are then made available using techniques known in the
art. These two steps are illustrated in blocks 402 and 404,
respectively. A determination is then made as to whether or not
a key is present or has been added to the printer. This step is
depicted in block 406. The key can be one of several items,
examples being software code, a hardware jumper or a card with a
hardware identification or jumper. See page 7 of Appellant's
specification. If the key is not present, the process ends, as
shown in block 408. In this case, only a portion of the fonts
stored in ROM is made available to the user. If the key is
present, the process passes to block 410 where the additional
fonts are made available from the ROM. Now the user can use all
the fonts stored in the printer. The process then ends, as shown
in block 408. See page 8 of Appellant's specification.
Independent claim 12 present in the application is as
follows:
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