摘要 |
A hand-held and self-contained electronic printing device (10) for printing indicia on a medium (M) includes a housing (12) that can be manually positioned adjacent a surface of the medium (M) and remain stationary against the medium (M) during the printing sequence. The housing (12) has an aperture that generally defines a printing area on the medium (M) when the housing (12) in in position for printing, and a printer for printing indicia in a selectable pattern of dots on the medium (M) within the printing area. The housing (12) also contains an actuator (20) for initiating a printing sequence and electronic control means for controlling the printer to print indicia on the medium (M) during a printing sequence. In one embodiment the print head can be moved to sweep across a printing area by a manual force applied to an actuator (20).
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