Wire guide device for wire dot printer

A print wire guide device for a wire dot printer, wherein a first level of inner print wires and a second level of outer print wires are selectively driven in a direction extending essentially normal to said wire guide device, said wire guide device comprising:

• a member having a side wall for defining a passageway for receiving said wires;
• said passageway terminating in a bottom, said bottom having an inner row of through-holes and an outer row of through-holes therein, said first level of inner print wires being received in said inner row of through-holes, said second level of outer print wires being received in said outer row of through-holes;
• said inner row of through-holes and said outer row of through-holes being arranged in alternating fashion in a curved path, said outer through-holes being on the outer side of said path and said inner through-holes being on the inner side of said path;
• said side wall having concave wire guide grooves formed in portions of said side wall only corresponding to respective through-holes of said outer row, said second level of outer print wires being guided by said concave wire guide grooves only to said outer through-holes.