Overprinting apparatus for printing a character and an accent

Claim 1

IN A PRINTER, A PLURALITY OF PRINT HAMMERS EACH AT A SEPARTE PRINT POSITION AND EACH HAVING OPERATING MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE HAMMERS, A CHARACTER BEARING MEMBER CONTINUOUSLY MOVING PAST SAID HAMMERS HAVING SEPARATE CHARACTERS AND ACCENTS THEREON AT DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO BE PRINTED BY SAID HAMMERS, SEPARATE STORAGE MEANS HAVING ONE OR MORE PLANES WITH DIFFERENT POSITIONS FOR STORING REPRESENTATIONS OF A CHARACTER ONLY, AND ONE OR MORE SEPARATE PLANES WITH CORRESPONDING POSITIONS FOR STORING REPRESENTATIONS OF AN ACCENT TO BE PRINTED AT EACH PRINT POSITION, MEANS INCLUDING A COUNTER FOR PRODUCING AN OUTPUT REPRESENTING OF THE CHARACTER OR ACCENT ON THE CHARACTER BEARING MEMBER AT A PARTICULAR PRINT POSITION, COMPARE MEANS CONNECTED TO THE COUNTER AND STORAGE MEANS FOR SEPARATELY COMPARING THE CHARACTER AND ACCENT REPRESENTATIONS IN CORRESPONDING POSITIONS OF SAID STORAGE MEANS FOR EACH PRINT POSITIONS WITH THE CHARACTER OR ACCENT ON THE CHARACTER BEARING MEMBER AT THAT POSITION AND PRODUCING A COMPARE SIGNAL UPON A COINCIDENT COMPARE, AND MEANS, INCLUDING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SCANNING SAID CHARACTER AND ACCENT STORAGE MEANS FOR A PLURALITY OF SCANS, RESPONSIVE TO EACH COINCIDENT COMPARE OF A CHARACTER OR ACCENT ON SEPARATE SCANS FOR EFFECTING OPERATION OF THE HAMMER OPERATING MEANS FOR OPERATING THE HAMMER AT THE PARTICULAR PRINT POSITION TO PRINT ONE OR MORE TIMES TO PRINT EITHER THE CHARACTER ALONE IN ONE PRINT SCAN OR BOTH THE CHARACTER AND ACCENT IN THE SAME PARTICULAR PRINT POSITION ON SEPARATE SCANS.