39. An address generator in accordance with claim 38, wherein: (a) the absolute address transmitted from the processing unit is stored in the absolute address counter; and further comprising: (b) means for counting the number of words which have been stored from each character across a single line and signalling when all of the words have been stored from a character across a single line; and (c) means for calculating the absolute address of the first word to be stored of a next line of the character and causing the storage of the calculated absolute address of the first word of the next line of a character in the absolute address counter.
39. An address generator in accordance with claim 38, wherein: (a) the absolute address transmitted from the processing unit is stored in the absolute address counter; and further comprising: (b) means for counting the number of words which have been stored from each character across a single line and signalling when all of the words have been stored from a character across a single line; and (c) means for calculating the absolute address of the first word to be stored of a next line of the character and causing the storage of the calculated absolute address of the first word of the next line of a character in the absolute address counter. 40. An address generator in accordance with claim 39, wherein the means for calculating the absolute address of the first word of pixels to be stored from a next line comprises: (a) means for storing the width of a printing medium on which a page is to be printed measured in words; (b) means for storing the absolute address of the first word of a retrieved character in a current line; and (c) an adder, coupled to the means for storing the width of a printing medium and the means for storing the absolute address, for adding the width of the printing medium to the absolute address of the first word of current line, a calculated total produced by the adder being used to update the total stored in the absolute address counter and the means for storing the absolute address of the first word of a retrieved character in the current line after the adder has completed the addition.