Type carrier for high speed printing mechanism

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A TYPE CARRIER ADAPTED FOR CONTINUOUS ROTATION IN AN IMPACT ON THE FLY FORM OF HIGH SPEED PRINTING MECHANISM HAVING TYPE HAMMER MEANS AND ACTUATOR MEANS FOR IMPELLING SAID HAMMER MEANS TO IMPACT A PRINT RECEIVING MEDIUM AND A MARKING TRANSFER MEDIUM AGAINST THE ROTATING PERIPHERY OF SAID CARRIER, THE SURFACE OF SAID CARRIER BEING FORMED WITH RAISED TYPE FACES FOR A PLURALITY OF CHARACTERS HAVING A CORRESPONDING VARIETY OF TYPE FACE AREAS, SAID TYPE FACES BEING ARRANGED IN ROWS AND COLUMNS WITH EACH ROW CONTAINING TYPE FACES FOR THE SAME CHARACTER, MEANS DEFINING A ROW FIRING TIME REFERENCE POINT ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID ROWS FOR REGISTERING ITS RESPECTIVE ROW OF TYPE FACES WITH SAID ACTUATOR MEANS, EACH OF SAID ROWS BEING RELATIVELY OFFSET IN A COLUMNWISE DIRECTION FROM A ROW FIRING TIME REFERENCE POINT TO AN EXTENT CORRESPONDING TO THE TYPE FACE AREA OF A TYPE FACE IN THE RESPECTIVE ROW, WHEREBY THE SMEAR PRODUCED IN THE RESULTING CHARACTER IMAGE IMPRINT RESULTS IN PLACING ONE EDGE OF ALL CHARACTER IMPRINTS OF A PRINTED LINE IN ALIGNMENT.