High quality non-impact printing based on transfer of images from a revolving font drum to a page blank carried by a receptor drum rotating with the same surface velocity as the font drum, but precessing with respect to the former, the images being developed upon transfer of a full page of information to the blank. Alternatively, the receptor drum can have an image-receiving surface for intermediate storage of images and subsequent transfer of these images to a page blank for visual development or subsequent visual development and transfer of the visible images to a page blank.
