Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha & Epson Corporation

Yoshihisa Morita

Masanao Matsuzawa

Yoshifumi Gomi

Yoshito Ikeda

A wire dot printer using fluid ink in which printing is carried out with the ink adhering to the end faces of the wires. A front wire guide guides the end portions of the wires adjacent to the printing end faces of the wires. A rear wire guide is positioned behind the front wire guide. An ink path fed by capillary action is provided between the front and rear wire guides which crosses the wires at positions adjacent the end faces of the wires. Also disclosed is a pump for conveying the ink within the printer and preferred compositions of the ink itself.

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Shiojiri, Japan

Yoshihisa Morita