Abstract: A digital All-Points Addressable (APA) Printer/Image Copier system is disclosed and claimed which provides both the image manipulation capability of an APA and the direct copying capability of an analog image copier in one device. The preferred embodiment of the present invention employs a dot-matrix electro-erosion printing apparatus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 1983
Date of Patent:
June 24, 1986
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
William F. Beausoleil, David M. Pangerc, Vaughn D. Winkler