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.
An impact printer makes its image by striking the paper through an ink ribbon, using a hammer in the shape of the image (think typewriter hammer) or with wires that make dots (think dot-matrix printer). The advantage of the impact printer is that it can make multiple copies at the same time, either when you use multi-part paper with interleaved carbon paper, or with special paper (NCR type paper) that is pressure sensitive. A non-impact printer, such as a laser or ink jet printer can not do this. Multiple copies must be made by running multiple sheets of paper through the printer. One case of an impact printer is in a point-of-sale situation, where you want a copy for the store, another copy for the customer, another copy for billing, etc. While you can do this with non-impact printers, one advantage is auto-collation, and another is that you can write on the top copy (think "Paid on a certain date") and that will transcribe to the other copies.
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Impact printers.
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 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 These printers were once cutting edge but have largely been replaced by ink jet and laser printers.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.
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.
Technically, yes. A dot matrix printer has a print head with small pins on it. While printing the pins fire, striking a ribbon between the print head, the paper and a platen, causing a dot to appear on the paper. These dots make up the image on the paper.
it prints on to paper