Re: how dot matrix printers placed text

trimmed followups to: comp.misc

In comp.misc Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

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

That is the only printer I have at home :)

I keep thinking of getting into the modern era,
but I really do not need to yet.

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