Printer with type-bearing printing bands

A printer (15), comprising a plurality of printing bands (57), each printing band bearing a plurality of print types (17) and each printing band being positively guided around a selector wheel (53) and around a counter-pressure element (55) spaced apart from the selector wheel, wherein selected print types (17) are set into printing position on the counter-pressure element (55) by rotation of the selector wheel (53), the selector wheel (53) having engagement recesses (60) and a stop member associated with the selector wheel (53), such that the stop member elastically engages in one of the engagement recesses (60) when a printing position is reached, thereby fixing the selector wheel (53) and hence the printing band (57) in the printing position, wherein the stop member comprises a comb-shaped stop spring (66) having individual elastic tongues (61a thru 61x) with one of the elastic tongues (61a thru 61x) being assigned to each selector wheel (53).