Display device for use as a computer monitor, having a printer controller and a pagewidth printhead
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1. A display screen for use as a computer monitor, the screen comprising:
- a flat panel display for displaying images;
a printer provided behind a back of said flat panel display as viewed by the user, wherein a print media print path of the printer is in a plane that is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the flat plane display, the printer including;
(a) a printer controller configured to receive print data in a compressed form, decompress the print data, and output dot data based on the decompressed print data; and
(b) a pagewidth printhead for receiving the dot data and printing onto print media;
a first connector for selective engagement with any one of a plurality of external computers to receive therefrom a video signal representative of an image to be displayed on the flat panel display; and
,a second connector for selective engagement with any one of the plurality of external computers to receive therefrom print data.
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Abstract
A display device for use as a computer monitor, the display device comprising:
- a flat panel display for displaying images from a computer;
- a printer, the printer including:
- (a) a printer controller configured to receive print data in a compressed form, decompress the print data, and output dot data based on the decompressed print data;
- (b) a pagewidth printhead for receiving the dot data and printing onto print media.
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1. A display screen for use as a computer monitor, the screen comprising:
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a flat panel display for displaying images; a printer provided behind a back of said flat panel display as viewed by the user, wherein a print media print path of the printer is in a plane that is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the flat plane display, the printer including; (a) a printer controller configured to receive print data in a compressed form, decompress the print data, and output dot data based on the decompressed print data; and (b) a pagewidth printhead for receiving the dot data and printing onto print media; a first connector for selective engagement with any one of a plurality of external computers to receive therefrom a video signal representative of an image to be displayed on the flat panel display; and
,a second connector for selective engagement with any one of the plurality of external computers to receive therefrom print data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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