Back in the early days of computing, user terminals utilized line printers for output. Naturally this took an incredible amount of paper, but it came with the advantage of creating a hard copy of ...

This is no ordinary desktop printer, though. It’s a roughly 175lb (80 Kg) beast capable of printing 100 lines per minute. Each line is 132 characters wide, printed on the tractor-feed green bar ...

A line printer that uses a metal band, or loop, of type characters as its printing mechanism. The band contains a fixed set of embossed characters that can only be changed by replacing the band.

There are several basic printer technologies. Line printers contain a chain of characters or pins that print an entire line at time. They are very fast, but produce low-quality print. Dot matrix ...

Line printers contain a chain of characters or pins that print an entire line at one time. They are very fast, but produce low-quality print. Offset printers use a rubber cylinder to transfer an inked ...

Because printer drivers are often written by third parties, increasing support from manufacturers is a good trend from a solution provider's perspective, he said. Samsung makes a line of ...

An impact printer that prints a line at a time. Printronix pioneered this technology in 1974. Line matrix and band printers are the surviving line printer technologies, but line matrix can print ...