Line printer with proportional spacing control means

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IN HIGH SPEED PRINTER HAVING MEANS FOR MOVING A PLURALITY OF TYPE CHARACTERS CONTINUOUSLY RELATIVE TO A PRINT LINE ON A DOCUMENT AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF IMPACT MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY EFFECTING IMPACT BETWEEN THE DOCUMENT AND TYPE CHARACTERS, DATA STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING CODED REPRESENTATIONS OF CHARACTERS TO BE PRINTED ON THE DOCUMENT AND THEIR WIDTH VALUES, ADDITIONAL STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING A REPRESENTATION OF AT LEAST A PORTION OF CHARACTERS IN THE DATA STORAGE MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR RELATIVE POSITIONS, ACCORDING TO THEIR CUMULATIVE WIDTH VALUES, WIDTH COUNTER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE WIDTH VALUES OF CHARACTERS REPRESENTATION IN THE DATA STORAGE MEANS, MOVING MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE DOCUMENT AND IMPACT MEANS TO A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS, ALONG THE PRINT LINE, MEANS FOR STORING DATA REPRESENTATIONS IN THE ADDITIONAL STORAGE MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNT OF THE WIDTH COUNTER AND THE POSITION OF SAID MOVING MEANS, MEANS PRODUCING A CODED REPRESENTATION OF THE TYPE MEMBER AT DIFFERENT PRINT POSITIONS, COMPARE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO AN IDENTITY BETWEEN SUCH CODED REPRESENTATIONS PRODUCED AND THE REPRESENTATION IN THE ADDITIONAL STORAGE MEANS CONNECTED FOR EFFECTING OPERATION OF AN ASSOCIITED IMPACT MEANS, TO PRINT THE CHARACTER REPRESENTED, AND MEANS OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO PRINTING CHARACTERS FOR WHICH REPRESENTATIONS ARE IN THE ADDITIONAL STORAGE MEANS FOR EFFECTING OPERATION OF SAID MOVING MEANS TO EFFECT RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE DOCUMENT AND IMPACT PRINTING MEANS TO ANOTHER OF SAID POSITIONS.