Electrostatic high speed printer

Claim 1

A HIGH SPEED ELECTROSTATIC PRINTER SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, MEANS INTRODUCING INPUT INFORMATION, CODE CONVERTING MEANS PRODUCING DIFFERENT SIGNALS FROM THE INPUT INFORMATION HAVING UNIQUE DELAYS FROM A REFERENCE SIGNAL, A CHARACTER PLATE HAVING CROSSED CONDUCTORS ON FRONT AND BACK SURFACES DISPOSED TO RECEIVE RECORDING PAPER THEREBETWEEN, ONE OF SAID CONDUCTORS FORMING A SERIES OF N SHAPED CHARACTERS THEREALONG, MEANS DISTRIBUTING HIGH VOLTAGE PULSES OF ONE POLARITY OF EACH OF THE CONDUCTORS OF ONE SURFACE IN A TIMED SEQUENCE REPRSENTING CHARACTERS ALONG A PRINTING LINE, MEANS PRODUCING HIGH VOLTAGE PULSES OF THE OPPOSITE POLARITY FOR EACH DISTRIBUTED PULSE TO REPRESENT SELECTED ONES OF THE SHAPED CHARACTERS AT A TIME DRIVED FROM SAID SIGNAL, MEANS PASSING A RECORDING PAPER WHICH WILL ACCEPT A CHARGE CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN SAID SURFACES, MEANS INTRODUCING AN INDICATING POWDER ON THE RECORDING PAPER AT CHARGED POSITIONS, AND MEANS FIXING THE CHARGE TO OBTAIN A PERMANENT RECORD.