Re: how dot matrix printers placed text

Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> writes:

From the "miss that awesome sound" department:
Title: How dot matrix printers created text
Author: Thom Holwerda
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 22:15:43 +0000
Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/140137/how-dot-matrix-printers-created-text/

Jeez, you kids.  Never even heard the "awesome sound" of a skilled
typist using a typewriter.....clatter clatter stottle-spop....dit.

The impact printer was a mainstay of the early desktop computing era. Also
called "dot matrix printers,"...

The DecWriter hard-copy terminal was also "dot matrix", albeit
lacking the ability of much later desktop printers to nudge dots closer
together horizontally, improving readability.

The heart of the impact printer is the print head.

Amazingly massive device on the DecWriter.

Links:
[1]: https://technicallywewrite.com/2024/07/01/dotmatrix (link)

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Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada