Abstract: A stencil printer having a printing drum which is inked from the inside thereof. In order to prevent leaking out of ink from the perforated portion over the non-perforated stencil sheet leading end mounting portion of the stencil printing drum, in a construction wherein a printing drum cooperates with a back press roller or a transfer roller with a transverse bar portion of the printing drum is received in a transfer groove of the back press roller or the transfer roller, the outer circumferential length of the perforated portion of the printing drum and the traverse groove of the back press roller or the transfer roller and the relative rotation phase therebetween are so determined that the perforated portion is not laid one over the other with the transfer groove.

Abstract: A recording apparatus for performing recording uses a carriage mounted with a recording head moving along a guide shaft. The recording apparatus includes a magnetic linear encoder consisting of a scale element magnetized and a detection unit for detecting magnetized information magnetized to the scale element. Provided also are clicks formed on any one of the detection unit and the carriage and click engaging portions formed in the other one of the detection unit and the carriage. The clicks engage with the click engaging portions, whereby the detection unit is snap-locked to the carriage. This enables the detection unit of the magnetic linear encoder to be readily attached to the carriage and besides, when attached, prevents disorder of the information magnetized to the scale element. Further, even when a position of the carriage shifts corresponding to sheets having different thicknesses, a sliding load of the carriage does not change.

Abstract: A print wheel is rotatably mounted on a carrier driven by a stepper motor to traverse the print line of a document. The wheel contains two or more arrays of characters with preferred characters most commonly used in each array and a number of lesser-used characters divided between the arrays. The print wheel normally makes one revolution for each two or more print positions and if a compare is made in each array the stepper motor advances the carrier at constant speed. Should a compare not be found or the character desired be too close to a previous character for the print hammer to settle out, the stepper motor is stopped for that position until a compare is made in some following array.

Abstract: A printing unit particularly intended for price labelling machines, comprising annular printing wheels supporting matrices at their outer periphery and equidistantly spaced notches at their inner periphery into which notches engages a rod to advance the wheels to forward the desired matrix to printing position. The printing pressure is obtained by an impact rod striking a shoulder formed on a pressure arm, the movement of which is transferred to the associated printing wheel forcing the intended matrix thereon against the place of printing. As the printing wheel is stationary during the printing operation the resulting print is sharp and clear.