N7384 Japanese Language Page Printer

In August 1980, NEC announced a mid-size, inexpensive page printer employing the laser-based xerography system. This printer was for Japanese language processing with mainframes (JIPS for the ACOS system). Compared with previous line printers, this unit had an expanded printing range, and special functions such as different character types/sizes, suffixes and enlarged letters. At the same time, it had upward compatibility because it maintained the functions of a line printer for alphanumeric and kana characters. In this way, it smoothed the transition to Japanese language processing.