Most home users have replaced their old dot matrix printers with newer inkjet or laser printers, but they're still used in some industrial and business applications. Epson and Oki are among the ...

While laser and inkjet printers are increasingly popular, older technology still has value in daily life. Dot matrix printers are similar to manual typewriters, with a history dating back over 100 ...

Before the 1980s, laser printers were expensive, high-volume units. At that time, dot matrix printers commanded the early PC desktop market for homes and businesses. Compact laser printers, introduced ...

In an excerpt from his book The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age, [Thomas Mullaney] explains how 1980s computer tech — at least the stuff that was developed in the West — was ...

An early impact printer that combined band printer and dot matrix technologies. It used a revolving band, but dots were on the band instead of the actual characters. Bands with different dot sizes ...

Does anyone have experience running a dot matrix printer on OS X? I'm willing to give up hope of using my Imagewriter II and buy a new (or used) printer to make it go. Have spare computers and could ...

We have an application that generates a PDF form. This form needs to be printed on special 6 sheet thick dot matrix form paper, because it needs to be printed 6 copies for legal purposes (bills of ...

A set of dot matrix printers will make beautiful music together, perhaps for the last time For the first time in 10 years, a Canadian arts duo plans to perform a symphony using only obsolete dot ...