VARIABLE CHARACTER SIZE USING A DOT PRINTER

    公开(公告)号:CA1044074A

    公开(公告)日:1978-12-12

    申请号:CA227666

    申请日:1975-05-23

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PRINTING MECHANISM A printer of the wire type including 8 print wires disposed in a row and each actuatable by an electromagnet for printing individual characters defined by 8 dots high and 7 dots wide on a longitudinally movable ticket medium. The printing mechanism is also capable of printing fractions including numerators defined by the top 6 print wires and denominators defined by the bottom 6 wires together with a diagonally extending slash mark the printed dots of which lie within the 7 dot wide character areas and a 3 dots wide normally blank area between characters. The printing mechanism may be so controlled either by a hardware embodiment of control or a micro controller.

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