Impact printers.
Since you put this in the Computer Printers category, i will answer it that way. The type of printer that prints by striking a print head (the letters) on an inked ribbon is a daisy wheelprinter. You rarely see these anymore.
A dot matrix printer or impact printer is a type of computer printer and prints by impact, striking an inked cloth or Mylar ribbon against the paper.
A MATRIX Printer, which was the technology prior to the Ink Jet. Also, older typewriters used a Inked Ribbon that was struck by metal Keys.
A dotmatrix printer uses a ribbon and pins to transfer Inc. onto paper. This type of printer is no longer made and very few are still in use.
The process of printing by striking an inked ribbon against paper is commonly associated with typewriters and impact printers. In this method, the ribbon is coated with ink, and when a key is pressed, a metal type or print head strikes the ribbon, transferring ink onto the paper to create text or images. This technique contrasts with modern inkjet or laser printers, which use different methods to apply ink or toner.
The type of printer that produces characters by striking pins against an ink onto the paper is called a dot matrix printer. These printers were once cutting edge but have largely been replaced by ink jet and laser printers.
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Impact printers are dot-matrix printers like the Okidats Microline series. they use a print-head that has anywhere from 9 to 24 small pins that are forced out of the head and onto an ink impregnated ribbon which hits the paper and makes the impression of the character... just like a typewriter. Inkjet printers are not impact printers :P
Known as impact printers, of which a "Dot-matrix printer" is an example.
It is an impact printer. Someone else has already asked this.
No, daisy wheel printers do not spray ink on the paper. Instead, they use a rotating wheel with characters molded on its tips that strikes an inked ribbon against the paper to create characters. When the wheel rotates to the desired character, it hits the ribbon, transferring ink onto the paper to form the print. This mechanical striking method distinguishes daisy wheel printers from inkjet printers, which spray ink directly.
Impact printers strike the paper, usually with an ink filled ribbon between the striking object and the paper, similar to an old fashioned typewriter. Non-impact printer make there impression on the paper without striking it. The can melt something onto the paper or squirt ink onto it, etc.