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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Kenichiro Ogawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Reiko Nomura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dot-matrix printer for printing on a printing medium comprises a dot-forming section for forming dots on the printing medium; and a referenced data section to be referred to during movement of the dot-forming section, a character string to be printed being indicated as data having a predetermined resolution. Where M dots per a unit length are formable on the printing medium in a moving direction of the dot-forming section, and upon printing an N-character string per the unit length, M and N both being natural numbers, if (M÷N) is not a natural number, the resolution in the moving direction is made to be L per N-character string, L being a least common multiple of M and N, and while the dot-forming section moves across the unit length, the dot-matrix printer prints while referring to the referenced data section for L times.