In most dot matrix printers, the print head contains nine pins that build each character out of a series of dots.

Print head Pins or wires in a vertical row comprise the print head of a dot matrix printer. It moves horizontally, creating characters by pushing various pins, not unlike a typewriter.

Don't let a malfunctioning dot matrix printer give you fits. Learn some techniques for solving several common dot matrix printer problems and advice on finding increasingly scarce parts.

These days a printer — especially one at home — is likely to spray ink out of nozzles. It is getting harder to find home laser printers, and earlier printer technologies such as dot matrix are ...

Check out more from the series here. Listener and reader Geoffrey Newton from Falls Church, Virginia, asks: Why do airlines still use dot matrix printers?

Some businesses still use dot matrix printers to generate invoices, forms and other documents. Unlike modern laser printers, a dot matrix printer has a single print head and an inked ribbon ...

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Earlier this month, [Kenneth] picked up an old dot matrix printer at the Silicon Valley Flea Market and subsequently found two cases of tractor feed printer paper. It’s a marriage made in hea… ...

Dot matrix printers use a print head that moves horizontally or vertically on the page and prints by striking an ink-soaked cloth ribbon against the paper, just like a typewriter. Yet letters are ...

Enter the dot-matrix However, we’ve also heard it claimed that Nothing is planning to replace the Glyph system with a new dot-matrix lighting system on the back of the phone.

The ones where tiny pins smack a ribbon and create letters and numbers in a matrix form. Popular circa 1983. Here’s what I mean. If you look behind any airport counter, you’ll see these printers—maybe ...

As China entered the era of personal computing, most printers could only output western characters. Reprogramming them required uncommon ingenuity.