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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.
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Prints by striking a ribbon against paper?
Impact printers.
What prints by striking a unked ribbon against the paper?
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.
Which type of printer uses an inked ribbon?
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.
Prints by striking an inked ribbon against 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.
Which type of printer presses against an inked ribbon that prints character on a paper?
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 These printers were once cutting edge but have largely been replaced by ink jet and laser printers.
Inkjet printers transfer ink to the paper by striking a ribbon with pins?
False
List an example of impact printer?
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
What are examples of printers that transfer ink to the paper by striking a ribbon with pins?
Known as impact printers, of which a "Dot-matrix printer" is an example.
What kind of printer transfers ink to the paper by striking a ribbon with pins?
It is an impact printer. Someone else has already asked this.
What is the difference between impact and none impact printer?
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.
Is a dot matrix printer a impact?
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.
What does a inkjet printer do?
it prints on to paper
