Specifications

2–6
Principles of Operation
Character Generation
Paper advances one dot row after each horizontal sweep of the shuttle. (See
Figure 2–5 and Figure 2–6.)
Dot
Row Start
Paper
Advances
Paper
Feed
Paper
Advances
Space
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8*
9**
10
11
12
1
2
Used for lowercase descender only.
Used for underline and lowercase
*
**
Character
Row
Direction of Shuttle Movement
1 Hammer
Print Span
1 Hammer
Print Span
The LG12 shuttle sweeps
through 1.5 character positions
at 10 cpi.
descender.
Figure 2–5. Standard Character Formation