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IN A MACHINE FOR PRINTING MONEY ORDERS AND LIKE INSTRUMENTS, A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTABLE PRINTING MEMBERS INCLUDING A FIRST MEMBER AND A SECOND MEMBER AND A PLURALITY OF OTHER MEMBERS, SAID FIRST MEMBER HAVING A SINGLE EFFECTIVE NUMBER PRINTING CHARACTER AND BEING MOVABLE TO AN INITIAL POSITION INEFFECTIVE FOR PRINTING AND A SECOND POSITION EFFECTIVE FOR PRINTING, SAID SECOND AND OTHER MEMBERS EACH HAVING NUMBER PRINTING CHARACTERS RANGING FROM ZERO TO NINE AND BEING INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE TO DISPOSE SELECTIVELY ANY ONE OF SAID CHARACTERS IN EFFECTIVE PRINTING POSITION WHEN SAID FIRST MEMBER IS IN ITS SAID INITIAL POSITION, SAID SECOND MEMBER HAVING AN INITIAL POSITION INEFFECTIVE FOR PRINTING, A PLURALITY OF LOCKING LEVERS RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED ADJACENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID SEGMENTS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SEGMENTS AND THE LEVER ADJACENT SAID FIRST SEGMENT HAVING COOPERATING MEANS FOR HOLDING ALL OF SAID LEVERS IN SEGMENT RELEASING POSITION WHEN SAID FIRST SEGMENT IS IN ITS SAID INITIAL POSITION AND FOR MOVING SAID SECOND SEGMENT TO ZERO PRINTING AND SAID LEVERS TO LOCKING POSITION RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST SEGMENT TO ITS SAID SECOND POSITION AND THEREBY LOCKING SAID FIRST SEGMENT IN ITS SAID SECOND POSITION AND SAID SECOND SEGMENT IN ZERO PRINTING POSITION, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID PLURALITY OF OTHER SEGMENTS COOPERATING WITH THE OTHER OF SAID LEVERS WHEN THE LATTER ARE IN LOCKING POSITION AND EFFECTIVE FOR LOCKING SAID OTHER SEGMENTS IN ZERO PRINTING POSITION, AND OPERATING MEANS FOR EFFECTING THE PRINTING OPERATION.