公开(公告)号：JP2000310959A

公开(公告)日：2000-11-07

申请号：JP2000075270

申请日：2000-03-17

Applicant: XEROX CORP

Inventor： HOWARD MATTHEW E ,  BIEGELSEN DAVID K ,  BOBROW DANIEL G ,  HEBEL L CHARLES ,  MCKINLEY JOCK D ,  SHERIDON NICHOLAS K ,  SILVERMAN ALEXANDER E

IPC: B43L1/00 ,  G09F9/30 ,  G09F9/37 ,  G09G3/34

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form fixed image patterns of a device having both of fixed regions and variable regions by providing the device with the elements of a second set physically fixed to a first stage, which elements of the second set maintain the first stage with respect to any display signals, thereby displaying desired images. SOLUTION: The elements 20 of the fixed regions 100 are first rotated by the conventional method in such a manner that their black surfaces come upward. Next, the selected fixed regions 100 are processed by one of several physical fixing methods. If a variable instruction device is a rotary element type display device, the physical fixation may be executed by applying heat to the elements of the regions to be fixed. As a result, the elements 20 of the fixed regions 100 maintain the black surfaces with respect to any display signals and display the desired images. In the case of, for example, forms, these images include grid lines, headers and labels and the 'name' of the block to be eventually entered by a user of the forms.