F6712E Japanese Language Line Printer

This was Fujitsu's first Japanese language line printer (line printer for Japanese language processing) to employ laser-based xerography. Previous line printers, which were type-based impact printers, and the printable characters were limited to alphanumeric characters and katakana. Also, an expensive dedicated system was needed to print material containing kanji (Chinese characters). In March 1980, Fujitsu completed the No. 1 unit of the FACOM 6715D, a non-impact Japanese language line printer employing "Fujitsu Japanese Processing Extended Feature (JEF)" (announced in 1979). The JEF was an architecture which made it possible to handle the Japanese language in a standardized fashion.