Dot matrix printer and method for printing multiple lines at dif

Details Dot matrix printer and method for printing multiple lines at dif Dot matrix printer and method for printing multiple lines at dif

1988-04-25

1990-09-04

Wiecking, David A.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Character formation by impact

101 9304, 400555, B41J 310

Patent

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049539957

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for printing multiple lines of characters simultaneously on a dot matrix printer and making available to the user a choice of alternate line spacings without physical or mechanical alteration of the printhead. The printhead includes an uninterrupted array of print elements having a total height greater than the combined total height of the multiple lines that are simultaneously printed plus the combined height of the intervening line spaces. By directing columnar character data to selected sets of print elements, the printhead can produce characters of a constant height with selected variations in interline spacing.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 25, No. 1, Jun. 1982, p. 275-IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin (Jun. 1982) Discloses a Two Line Dot Matrix Printer with Alternately Operable Print Heads, 400-82.

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