Re: how dot matrix printers placed text

On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:29:49 +0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:

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

Our first printer was a dot matrix model, from I think a brand called
Star or something similar. Back then, in 1991 or so, a lot of employers
in The Netherlands offered programs wherein employees could buy
computers through their work, offered at a certain discount. My parents
jumped on the opportunity when my mom’s employer offered such a program,
and through it, we bought a brand new 286 machine running MS-DOS and
Windows 3.0, and it included said dot matrix printer.

 
That would be Star Micronics.  A step below Epson, a step above
Panasonic.
--scott

I bought my first dot matrix printer in 1984 (I remember this because I
was printing while the Olympics was on, with Zola Budd etc.)

It was a Canon PW1080A. It did normal printing, and also NLQ (Near Letter
Quality) which wasn't bad for the day. It printed each line twice
(bidirectional) filling in the gaps on the second pass.