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2. Dot matrix printing - Wikipedia

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   Dot matrix printers are a type of impact printer that prints using a fixed number of pins or wires [2] [3] and typically use a print head that moves back and forth or in an up-and-down motion on the page and prints by impact, striking an ink-soaked cloth ribbon against the paper. They were also known as serial dot matrix printers. [4]

3. Category:Impact printers - Wikipedia

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   Impact printers create an image by using some mechanism to physically press an inked ribbon against the page, causing the ink to be deposited on the page in the shape desired. These printers are typically loud, but remain in use today because of their unique ability to function with multipart forms.

4. Printer (computing) - Wikipedia

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   The term dot matrix printer is used for impact printers that use a matrix of small pins to transfer ink to the page. [17] The advantage of dot matrix over other impact printers is that they can produce graphical images in addition to text; however the text is generally of poorer quality than impact printers that use letterforms (type).

5. Dot matrix - Wikipedia

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   As an impact printer, the term mainly refers to low-resolution impact printers, with a column of 8, 9 or 24 "pins" hitting an ink-impregnated fabric ribbon, like a typewriter ribbon, onto the paper. It was originally contrasted with both daisy wheel printers and line printers that used fixed-shape embossed metal or plastic stamps to mark paper ...

6. Line printer - Wikipedia

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   Many impact printers, such as the daisywheel printer and dot matrix printer, used a print head that printed a character then moved on until an entire line was printed. Line printers were much faster, [4] as each impact printed an entire line. There have been five principal designs: Drum printers; Chain (train) printers; Bar printers; Comb printers

7. Daisy wheel printing - Wikipedia

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   Daisy wheel printing is an impact printing technology invented in 1970 by Andrew Gabor [1] at Diablo Data Systems.It uses interchangeable pre-formed type elements, each with typically 96 glyphs, to generate high-quality output comparable to premium typewriters such as the IBM Selectric, but two to three times faster.

8. Line matrix printer - Wikipedia

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   Dot matrix printers are divided into two main groups: serial dot matrix printers and line matrix [1] printers. Line matrix mechanism A serial dot matrix printer has a print head that runs back and forth, or in an up and down motion, on the page and prints by impact, striking an ink-soaked cloth ribbon against the paper, much like the print ...

9. Letter-quality printer - Wikipedia

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   A letter-quality printer was a form of computer impact printer that was able to print with the quality typically expected from a business typewriter such as an IBM Selectric. A letter-quality printer operates in much the same fashion as a typewriter. A metal or plastic printwheel embossed with letters, numbers, or symbols strikes an inked ...