Patents Represented by Attorney Lowell C. Berestedt
  • Patent number: 5413423
    Abstract: A dot matrix printer having a print head having a plurality of print solenoids. The print head is carried on a print head carriage driven by a carriage drive arrangement. A print timing means supplies a sequence of print timing pulses as said print head traverses a print medium. A power supply supplies a print voltage to the print solenoids in the print head. A drive pulse circuit responds to each of said print timing pulses for producing a solenoid enable pulse of a duration which varies inversely with the magnitude of said print voltage. The drive pulse circuit utilizes a dual slope integration with a first period integrating a fixed voltage for a fixed time and a second period integrating the varying print voltage for a time which varies with the magnitude of the voltage and provides automatic adjustment of the total print timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Veri Fone Inc.
    Inventor: Tee-Huang Chou