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Their LA30 30 character/second (CPS) dot matrix printer, the first of many, was introduced in 1970. In the mid-1980s, dot-matrix printers were dropping in price, [3] [a] and began to outsell daisywheel printers, due to their higher speed and versatility. [20] The Apple ImageWriter was a popular consumer dot matrix printer in the 1980s until the ...
ESC/P, short for Epson Standard Code for Printers and sometimes styled Escape/P, is a printer control language developed by Epson to control computer printers. It was mainly used in Epson's dot matrix printers, beginning with the MX-80 in 1980, as well as some of the company's inkjet printers. [1] [2] It is still widely used in many receipt ...
[5]: 191 By 1982 the MX-80 had captured half of the global market share for 80-column printers, with a 35-percent share in the United States, a 60-percent share in Europe, and a 70-percent share in Japan. [5]: 191 It was the best-selling dot matrix printer for much of the 1980s, its global market share eventually peaking at 60 percent. [9]
ImageWriter LQ (Letter Quality) is a 27-pin dot matrix printer introduced in 1987 by Apple Computer, Inc. The print quality was comparable to competing 24-pin dot-matrix printers, and offered graphics at 320 × 216 DPI. Guaranteed compatibility with both Apple II and Mac computers made it popular in schools. [citation needed]
Most daisy-wheel printers could print a line and then, using built-in memory, print the following line backwards, from right to left. This saved the time that otherwise would have been needed to return the print head to its starting point. This was sometimes known as 'logic seeking,' and was a feature on some dot-matrix printers as well.
Pages in category "Dot matrix printers" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brother Twinriter; D.
The GLP (Great Little Printer) was a series of low-end serial matrix printers introduced in 1984. The relationship with Brother continued with several of the PrintStation models being produced from rebadged Brother products. Exclusive rights to market Trilog color matrix printers was acquired in 1984, and Trilog was purchased outright in 1985.
Near letter-quality is a form of impact dot matrix printing. What The New York Times called "dot-matrix impact printing", [2] was deemed almost good enough to be used in a business letter [5] Reviews in the later 1980s ranged from "good but not great" [6] to "endowed with a simulated typewriter-like quality".