Printer for data-processing machine having single operator station

Claim 1

A data-processing machine comprising: a stand having a front side and a back side; an operator station on said stand at said front side; an input keyboard at said operator station; data-processing hardware in said stand coupled to said keyboard; a band supply holder on said front side next to said station for holding a form band; a band support on said stand next to said station and above said band holder and having an upwardly convex surface; a band receptacle on said back side of said stand below said band support; guide means for transporting said band up from said supply holder over said surface and down to said band receptacle, said guide means having not more than a single transport device engaging said band, said transport device arranged between said surface and said receptacle, said guide means also including a guide slot between said surface and said holder and provided with means for braking said band as it is transported to said surface, said guide slot being displace-placeable between an upright working position directed downwardly at said band supply and a pivoted input position; means for moving said means for braking out of engagement with said band when said slot is in said input position; a card support on said front side of said stand next to said station and adjacent said band support for supporting a magnetic card; feed means next to said station at said card support for feeding said card through said stand to said back side, whereby data can be entered on said cards; and printing means operable by said keyboard and by said hardware and including a horizontally displaceable printing head disposed above said support having vertically displaceable printing elements engageable vertically with a band guided over said support for printing on such band at said support.