Scanning system for imaging characters combined with graphic curves

A system for imaging characters and a graphic curve onto a recording medium comprising:

• a recording medium, a first beam of light, means for modulating said first beam, a rotatable polygon scanner located between said recording medium and said modulating means and in the path of said modulated first beam for scanning said first beam onto said recording medium and forming character images thereon, a second beam of light, means for modulating said second beam of light, first and second galvanometer operated mirrors, one of said mirrors being rotatable about a horizontal axis, the other of said mirrors being rotatable about a vertical axis, said first mirror being located between said modulating means for said second beam and said second mirror and in the path of said second beam, said first mirror reflecting said beam onto said second mirror, said second mirror reflecting said beam onto said recording medium to form a graphic curve image thereon, said first and second beams striking said recording medium at vertically spaced locations, said recording medium being generally planar at least at the location that said beam strikes the same.