Automatically controlled printer for printing and coding documents

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: TRANSPORT MEANS FOR MOVING A RECORDING MEDIUM IN AT LEAST A FIRST DIRECTION; FIRST PRINTING MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING INFORMATION TO SAID RECORDING MEDIUM HUMAN READABLE FORM; SECOND PRINTING MEANS, SPACED APART FROM SAID FIRST PRINTING MEANS IN SAID DIRECTION, FOR TRANSFERRING INFORMATION TO SAID RECORDING MEDIUM IN MACHINE READABLE FORM; A SOURCE OF SERIALLY PRESENTED INFORMATION HAVING CORRELATED SECTIONS REPRESENTING HUMAN READABLE INFORMATION AND MACHINE READABLE INFORMATION IN PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER FOR PRINTING ON THE SAME DOCUMENT BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND PRINTING MEANS; BUFFER MEANS, ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID INFORAMTION MEANS AND TO ONE OF SAID PRINTING MEANS, FOR TEMPORARILY STORING INFORMATION WHICH IS TO BE PRINTED BY SAID SECOND PRINTING MEANS BY A PERIOD OF TIME CORRESPONDING TO THE TIME REQUIRED TO MOVE A POINT ON SAID RECORDING MEDIUM BETWEN SAID FIRST PRINTING MEANS AND SAID SECOND PRINTING MEANS BY SAID TRANSPORT MEANS; FORMAT CONTROL MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID SERIALLY PRINTED INFORMATION TO SAID FIRST PRINTING MEANS AND TO SAID BUFFER MEANS.