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 … ...

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 … ...

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 … ...

Because dot matrix printers use an impact printhead that strikes the paper surface, they provide a time-tested means of generating multi-part forms on paper coated with micro-encapsulated ink on ...

The newer printers have more pins to build characters with finer resolution. The Epson LQ-800 uses 24 pins, like many of the new “letter- quality” dot matrix printers.

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 … ...

A couple of weeks ago I remarked that a new crop of inexpensive ink jet printers has virtually driven dot matrix printers from the market.

Impact printers, whether they use dot-matrix technology that uses small pins or daisy-wheel technology that uses a wheel with pre-formed characters like a typewriter, all work by having an element ...

Ink! No matter the printer you’ve got, whether it be inkjet, laser or otherwise, it’s the consumables that will send you broke. At times, the cost of Hewlett-Packard black ink has excee… ...

With the cost of 3D printers dropping rapidly, we’ve started to see a trend of hackers re-purposing them for various tasks. It makes perfect sense; with the hotend and extruder turned off (or… ...

When a Minnesota outfit of all-star DIY-ers called 1.21 Jigawatts won this summers Red Bull Creation Contest, we couldnt wait to have them create a project just for PM readers.