Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,666,558 · App. 08/582,524
Bidirectional parallel protocol having computer indicates to the printer the acceptable data format for data transfer
Inventor:
Jeff D. Pipkins
Patented Case
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Granted: Sep 9, 1997
Filed: Jan 3, 1996
Inventor
Jeff D. Pipkins
Assignee (at issue)
Compaq Computer Corporation
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