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Line printers as well as serial dot matrix printers use pins to strike against the inked ribbon, making dots on the paper and forming the desired characters. The differences are that line printers use hammer bank (or print-shuttle) instead of print head, this print-shuttle has hammers , and these hammers are arranged in a horizontal row .The hammer bank uses the same technology as the permanent magnet print head with the small difference that instead of print wires the print-shuttle has hammers. The printing mechanism works as follow. The permanent magnetic field holds the hammer spring in stressed, ready to strike position. The driver sends electrical current to hammer coil, which then creates electromagnetic field opposite to the permanent magnetic field. When both fields equalize, the energy stored in the spring is released to strike the hammer against the ribbon and prints a dot on the paper.
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What are two types of printers?
Dot-matrix printers and Line printers.
Thermal printer is line printer or not?
No, thermal and line printers are two different things. "Line" printers are referring to a form of "Dot-Matrix" printers. "Thermal" printers burn a special paper to form characters and symbols.
Do wireless printers need a phone line?
No, wireless printers do not need a phone line. Wireless printers can be purchased at any large retail stores such as Walmart.Wireless printers do not need a phone line connected to it as long as you have WiFi.
What is the difference between line and character printers?
Line printers print a whole line of text at a time, while character printers print one character at a time. Line printers are typically faster and used for bulk printing, while character printers are slower but more versatile for printing different fonts and graphics.
What are examples of line printer?
the character-at-a-time printers are too slow; therefore, these users need line-at-a-time printers. Line printers, or line-at-a-time printers, use special mechanism that can print a whole line at once; they can typically print the range of 1,200 to 6,000 lines per minute.
Do all printers work with netbooks?
No, not all printers work with netbooks. Most of the major brands do.
What kind pf printer is a line printer?
A line printer is also known as an impact printer. Line printers print a whole line at a time and can print up to 2500 lines a minute. You can learn more about line printers online at the Wikipedia.
Advantages of line printers?
Line printers are impact printers that print each single line of text one line at a time. The printers are cost effective to use, are high-speed, and can print multi-part forms without carbons.
How do inkjet printers work?
i do not know
What type of printers does Printronix produce?
Printronix manufactures three main types of printers. These are line matrix printers, barcode printers and RFID printing. Their main website has lots more information about these three products.
What are the characteristics of impact printer?
1 they have very low consumable costs they are very noisy they are useful for printing bulky documents
Manufacturer of deskjet printers?
Hewlett Packard is the company that manufactures DeskJet printers. The DeskJet line is not available in industrial size. However, HP makes printers that are industrial size.
