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The need of filling out forms has become part of our life. However, to fill out a regular form, we still need to write it by hand or typewriter. Today, Personal Computer is a popular tool for us to write and to edit the documents, but the printer can not be worked as a traditional typewriter. There were two portions in our study. First part of our research was to develop a software to drive the monitor, scanner, keyboard, mouse and printer together such that original document could be displayed on the screen and be filled out by the user. And then, data could be printed on the original document. The function of the printer like a traditional typewriter. The second part of our research was to develop both software and hardware for adapting a line scanner onto a printer such that the whole system can be worked as a traditional typewriter. In addition, the system can also be worked like a copy machine. This new device was named “Neural type-printer”.
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