Selective character arrangement of the print member in printing devices

Claim 1

IN A HIGH SPEED PRINTING APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING (A) A PLURALITY OF TYPE CARRIER MEANS, (B) SAID TYPE CARRIERS HAVING DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF TYPE CHARACTERS, (C) A PLURALITY OF IMPRESSION DEVICES FOR OBTAINING IMPRESSIONS OF CHARACTERS ON A SELECTED ONE OF SAID PLURAL TYPE CARRIER MEANS, (D) MEANS FOR EFFECTING A RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE SELECTED TYPE CARRIER MEANS WHEREBY THE TYPE CHARACTERS THEREOF ARE CYCLICALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID IMPRESSION DEVICES ACROSS A PRINT LINE, (E) A FIRST MEANS FOR STORING CODED DATA REPRESENTING CHARACTERS TO BE PRINTED, (F) A SECOND CONTROLLED STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING IN CODED DATA FORM AND REGENERATING AN IMAGE OF ALL THE CHARACTERS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR DISTRIBUTION ON SAID TYPE CARRIER MEANS, (G) SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS INCLUDING CONTROLLABLE WRITE MEANS FOR ALTERING THE IMAGE OF CHARACTERS STORED IN SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS TO CONFORM TO AN INTERCHANGE OF SAID PLURAL CARRIER MEANS, (H) MEANS FOR CYCLICALLY COMPARING THE CODED DATA IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND STORAGE MEANS IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE SELECTED TYPE CARRIER MEANS AND SAID IMPRESSION MEANS, (I) AND MEANS INCLUDING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID COMPARISON MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATING SAID IMPRESSION DEVICES TO OBTAIN AN IMPRESSION OF CHARACTERS FOR WHICH A COMPARISON INDICATES AN IDENTITY BETWEEN CODED DATA IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND STORAGE DEVICES.