It depends on the model of course, but 10 to 15 pages per minute on wide-carriage tractor-feed paper was fairly normal when I was at school. They weren't the fastest line printers available, which could approach 30ppm, but it was a fairly popular design.
Speed wise they were a great deal faster than most modern inkjet printers, but there are a number of high-end laser printers that are a good deal faster.
The difference between a chain printer and a band printer is a chain printer has a chain that the characters are on and a band printer has a band for the characters.
A band printer is a line printer that uses a metal band, or loop, of type characters as its printing mechanism.
A band printer is a line printer that uses a metal band, or loop, of type characters as its printing mechanism.
Guignol's Band has 348 pages.
The Rubber Band has 308 pages.
I Don't Care About Your Band has 272 pages.
Sir Percy Leads the Band has 316 pages.
"And the Band Played On" by Randy Shilts has a varying number of pages depending on the edition. The paperback version typically has around 630 pages, while the hardcover version may have approximately 650 pages.
and esd band
Most music stores should have them.
Band printers use a scalloped, steel print band that contains a full set of characters. The band is rotated at a high rate of speed, and as the desired character faces the paper, the print hammer for that character is fired.
One can buy merchandise from the band Pharcyde online from their official website, The Pharcyde, offering many different products such as T-shirts and hoodies with prints.