Patent ID: 6688788
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A dot-matrix printer for printing on a printing medium comprising:a dot-forming section for forming dots on said printing medium; and a referenced data section to be referred to during movement of said dot-forming section, a character string to be printed being indicated in said referenced data section as data having a predetermined resolution, wherein in a state in which M dots per a unit length are formable on said printing medium in a moving direction of said dot-forming section, and upon printing a character string of N characters per said unit length, said M and said N both being natural numbers, if (MÃ·N) is not a natural number, said resolution in said moving direction is made to be a number L per said character string of N characters, said L being a least common multiple of said M and said N, and while said dot-forming section moves across said unit length, said dot-matrix printer carries out printing while referring to said referenced data section for said L times.