Serial printer with ink roller

A serial printer, comprising:

• a daisy wheel having a plurality of radially extending fingers, each of at least some of the fingers having equal lengths and each including a type mounted to an end thereof which types define the general circumferential periphery of the wheel, the serial printer defining a printing position which is circumferentially located on the wheel, the wheel being bi-directionally rotatable to position a selected type in the printing position on the circumference of the wheel;
• an ink roller disposed in a position circumferentially offset from the printing position by less than 90.degree., the ink roller being adapted to apply ink to the types of the wheel as the types are rotated therepast;
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• means for controlling the rotation of the daisy wheel, the wheel control means causing the wheel to rotate in a first rotational direction and in a second rotational direction, the first rotational direction being defined as the direction in which the shortest circumferential distance is traversed when the daisy wheel is rotated from the printing position to the position of the ink roller, the second rotational direction being defined as the direction which is opposite the first rotational direction, the circumference of the daisy wheel being divided into first, second and third definable regions, the first region extending in the first rotational direction between the printing position and a first boundary position, the first boundary position being defined as a position on the circumference of the daisy wheel and situated N number of fingers in the first rotational direction from the ink roller position, the second region extending in the first rotational direction between the first boundary position and a second boundary position, the second boundary position being defined as a position on the circumference of the daisy wheel which is at least 180.degree. in the first rotational direction from the first boundary position, the third region extending in the first rotational direction between the second boundary position and the printing position, wherein a type situated in the first region is moved in the first rotational direction to the first boundary position and subsequently moved in the second rotational direction to the printing position, a type situated in the second region is moved in the second rotational direction to the printing position, and a type situated in the third region is moved in the first rotational direction to the first boundary position and subsequently moved in the second rotational direction to the printing position.