Printing device with improved bold face printing capability

摘要

Disclosed is a printing device such as an electronic typewriter and a wire-dot type printer. With the disclosed printing device, control means is operated in response to depression of a character key, on condition that a bold-face print mode is being set on, to print a character designated by the character key at different three or more print positions, including a first print position, a second print position spaced apart from the first print position along the print line so that a second dint formed in the second print position is not overlapped with a first dint formed in the first print position, and a third print position located between the first and second print positions to form a third dint to fulfil a un-printed area of the print sheet remaining between the first and second dints.