Method for displaying printing situation of a color video printer

U.S. Patent Number: 5349446

Abstract: A method for easily notifying a user of the printing status of a color video printer by displaying the printing status of the color video printer. In order to display the color being printed, a pedestal level signal and a white level signal are multiplexed in response to a pulse width converted control signal. The multiplexed signal and a chrominance signal are applied to multiplex the chrominance signal in response to a selection control signal, and a multiplexed chrominance signal is displayed on a screen of a monitor by stimulating the screen monitor with an additive mixture of color so as to display the printing status.

Inventors: Kwak; Hee-Guk (Suwon, KR)

Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Maetan, KR)

Application Number: 07/812,945

Issued: 1994-09-20

Expired: 2006-09-20

Classes: 358/296 ; 345/22; 345/440.1; 345/440.2; 358/504

Field of search: 358/296,300,75,76,78,405,434,439,442,468,504,527,909,518 355/208,209,326,327 346/157 340/701,722 345/22,23,24,35-40,133,140

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