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A recording control arrangement for a dot recording machine, having a recing medium and a recording member for recording dots on the medium which is movable relative to the recording member. The control arrangement includes at least one storage member having a plurality of storage locations each adapted to contain a data bit required to cause a dot to be recorded on the medium. A data bit generator for generating data bits which are connected to the storage member to allow them, when actuating, to transmit to the member a bit combination belonging either to a first set of bit combinations, each of which causes an image forming part of a first series of given images to be formed on the medium, or to a second set of bit combinations each of which causes an image forming part of a second series of given images to be formed on the medium, each of the images in the said second series being identical to a respective one of the images in the first series, but being rotated through 90.degree. from the latter, and selecting and control means associated with the said bit generating means. The selecting and control means may be set either to a first state to cause at least one bit combination belonging to the said first set to be transmitted by the generating means, or to a second state to cause at least one bit combination belonging to the second set to be transmitted by the data bit generator. The control arrangement enables the machine to print two different series of characters, the characters forming the second series being identical to those in the first series, but being oriented at 90.degree. to the latter characters so as to make it possible to print, on a recipient paper strip, lines of characters which extend either parallel to the length of the strip or parallel to its width.

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