摘要 |
PURPOSE:To make the average use of each printing head possible, by switching over the printing head pin used for printing rules for respective specifical number of dots. CONSTITUTION:In a cot printer 1, the data 14 which are stored in a receiving buffer 3 after being sent from a host computor are read by a control unit and the printing operation is carried out by controlling a printer device 5. Then, by the operation of the head pin switching unit 21, the highest printing head pin 13a an a printing head 13 is used, for instance, in printing the first rule 6, the second printing head pin 13b being used in printing the second rule 8, the third printing head pin 13c being used in printing the third rule 10, and further the fourth printing head pin 13d is sued in printing the fourth rule 12. |