Proportional space matrix printer

Claim 1

IN CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A MATRIX PRINTER OF THE TYPE WHICH HAS MEANS FOR PRINTING DOTS IN ROWS ACCORDING TO CONFIGURATIONS OF CHARACTERS SO AS TO PROVIDE A LINE OF PRINTED CHARACTERS, THE CONTROL APPARATUS BEING PROVIDED WITH SUCCESSIVE CODED MANIFESTATIONS OF CHARACTERS TO BE PRINTED IN A SEQUENCE, A PRINTER CONTROL COMPRISING: PRINT CODING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CODED MANIFESTATIONS FOR PROVIDING A PRINT CONTROL MANIFESTATION OF EACH CHARACTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MATRIXPRINTED CONFIGURATION OF SAID CHARACTER, SAID PRINT CODING MEANS GENERATING A MANIFESTATION OF EACH CHARACTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CONFIGURATION OF SAID CHARACTER WHICH INCLUDES A WIDTH OF MORE OR LESS DOTS IN HORIZONTAL ROWS FOR WIDER AND NARROWER CHARACTERS, RESPECTIVELY; WIDTH MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CODED MANIFESTATIONS FOR DESIGNATING AND ACCUMULATING THE DOT WIDTH VALUES SAID WIDTH MEANS ALLOCATING DOT WIDTHS TO SAID CHARACTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESPECTIVE WIDTHS OF MANIFESTATIONS PROVIDED BY SAID PRINT CODING MEANS; MANIFESTATIONS PROVIDED BY SAID PRINT CODING MEANS;