Method of setting the operating parameters in a microprocessor-controlled ...

[54] METHOD OF SETTING THE OPERATING PARAMETERS IN A MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED TYPEWRITER OR OTHER MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED OFFICE MACHINE

[75] Inventors: Franz Kreutzburg, Zetel; Kurt-G.

Galleck, Wilhelmshaven, both of
Fed. Rep. of Germany

[73] Assignee: AEG Olympia Aktiengesellschaft,

Wilhelmshaven, Fed. Rep. of
Germany

[21] Appl. No.: 239,497

[22] Filed: Sep. 1,1988

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data

Sep. 1, 1987 [DE] Fed. Rep. of Germany 3729097

[51] Int. CI.' G06F 3/02; G06F 3/06;

G06F 3/12

[52] U.S. CI 395/800; 364/236;

364/928; 364/928.1; 364/982.2; 364/130; 364/221.8; 364/244.6; 364/260; 364/DIG. 1;

364/DIG. 2; 400/63 [58] Field of Search ... 364/200 MS File, 900 MS File, 364/519, 521; 400/83, 279-282, 61-77;

340/712, 721

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A method of setting the operating parameters in a microprocessor controlled typewriter or like office machine having a microprocessor, a set-up initiating actuator, a data input keyboard which includes (i) a printeradvance actuator, (ii) a first command actuator, and (iii) a second command actuator, a memory, a record carrier, and a printing apparatus including the steps of:

(a) actuating the set-up initiating actuator disposed on the keyboard to enter a set-up mode and to recall a set-up plane which lists a plurality of sub-planes;

(b) displaying the set-up plane on the record carrier;

(c) selecting one of the plurality of sub-planes by using the printer-advance actuator;

(d) actuating the first command actuator to recall from memory the selected sub-plane and to print the parameters of the selected sub-plane upon the record carrier;

(e) selecting one of the values of the selected sub-plane by using the printer-advance actuator;

(f) storing the selected value in the memory;

(g) actuating the second command actuator to cause the microprocessor to (i) replace the stored values of the parameters of the selected sub-plane with the selected ones of the selected sub-plane, (ii) cause the printing apparatus to indicate the selected ones of the parameters of the selected sub-plane on the record carrier, (iii) recall from the memory the set-up plane, and (iv) cause the printing apparatus to display the set-up plane on the record carrier.

15 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets