Printer tester
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1. A tester for testing a computer printer, comprising:
- a housing, said housing being sized to be hand-held, and having a microcontroller, a memory, a connector and a pushbutton array in communication with said microcontroller;
said housing being configured to be connected to a computer printer through said connector;
a computer program resident in said memory, wherein when said tester is connected to said computer printer, said tester is energized by said computer printer without need for additional energy source, such that when a button on said pushbutton array is depressed, said computer program will control the microcontroller which selects a message from memory to be transmitted to said computer printer to be printed.
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Abstract
An apparatus for delivering one or more messages to a computer printer sufficiently self-contained so as to require neither support or nor interface with additional equipment in order to deliver the one or more messages.
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16 Claims
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1. A tester for testing a computer printer, comprising:
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a housing, said housing being sized to be hand-held, and having a microcontroller, a memory, a connector and a pushbutton array in communication with said microcontroller; said housing being configured to be connected to a computer printer through said connector; a computer program resident in said memory, wherein when said tester is connected to said computer printer, said tester is energized by said computer printer without need for additional energy source, such that when a button on said pushbutton array is depressed, said computer program will control the microcontroller which selects a message from memory to be transmitted to said computer printer to be printed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for testing a computer printer using a portable tester, the method comprising:
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receiving a signal from the computer printer; converting the signal from the computer printer to derived power for use by the portable tester; determining that a first button on the portable tester has been depressed; and in response to the determination that the first button has been depressed, transmitting a message to the computer printer to be printed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A tester for testing a computer printer, comprising:
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means for receiving a signal from the computer printer; means, coupled to the means for receiving, for converting the signal from the computer printer to derived power for use by the portable tester; means for determining that a first button on the portable tester has been depressed; and means, in communication with the means for determining that the first button has been depressed, for transmitting a message to the computer printer to be printed in response to the determination that the first button has been depressed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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