Print rate control system

In an arrangement wherein a plurality of recording characters are adapted for effective serial movement across each line in succession on a record medium containing column locations and a plurality of such characters are available for substantially simultaneous recording along each line in accordance with a pattern of data, means for sensing the number of such characters to be recorded during a given plurality of columnar alignments of said characters to provide a control signal when said number reaches a limit M, where M represents less than the maximum number of aligned characters which could be recorded during such given plurality of columnar alignments, and means responsive to said control signal for limiting recording of characters within such given plurality of alignments to a number which is a function of the limit M.

In an arrangement wherein a plurality of individual different printing characters are carried in sequence to succcessive indexed positions along a line to be printed on a record medium, such that a plurality of such characters are in alignment for substantially simultaneous printing at each of such positions in accordance with a pattern of data, means for sensing the number of such characters to be substantially simultaneously printed during each columnar alignment of said characters to provide a control signal when said number reaches a limit N, where N represents less than the maximum number of aligned characters which could be printed during such alignment, and means responsive to said control signal for limiting recording of characters within each such alignment to a number which is a function of the value of N.

In an arrangement wherein a plurality of recording characters are adapted for effective serial movement across each line in succession on a record medium containing column locations and a plurality of such characters are available for substantially simultaneous recording along each line in accordance with a pattern of data signals available from a source, first means coupled to said source and said recording characters for generating first signals representing the characters to be recorded for each of a plurality of columnar alignments of said characters, means for analyzing said first signals to indicate the number of such characters to be recorded during such given plurality of columnar alignments of said characters to provide a control signal when said number reaches a limit M, where M represents less than the maximum number of aligned characters which could be recorded during such given plurality of columnar alignments, and means responsive to said control signal for limiting recording of characters within such given plurality of alignments to a number which is a function of the limit M.