Commonly known as a "Dot Matrix" printer.
In simple terms - the printer has a vertical line of metal pins - that strike the paper through an ink ribbon, forming the words or images by creating microscopic dots on the paper.
A dot matrix printer uses a printhead with a hammer that moves back and forth horizontally at high speed to strike an inked ribbon against the paper, creating characters and images.
An impact printer
Impact printer
Hi, Dot Matrix Printer is also called Impact Matrix printer.
Several types of printers used an ink or carbon ribbon in the way you described. The daisy wheel printer and ball printer would spin a wheel that has the printable characters, then the wheel would strike the ribbon, leaving an imprint on the paper. The dot matrix printer used a number of pins that struck the ribbon to generate a printable character. The chain printer had several full sets of all printable characters on a long chain, and the chain spun rapidly on a track. As the appropriate printable character arrived at the proper location, a high speed solenoid driven hammer struck the chain, causing the ribbon to leave an imprint on the paper.
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.
In simple terms - the printer has a vertical line of metal pins - that strike the paper through an ink ribbon, forming the words or images by creating microscopic dots on the paper.
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The force that produces a strike slip fault is a shearing force.
Impact printers use a 'daisy wheel' or a 'golf ball' to physically press letters through an ink ribbon onto the paper - think along the lines of an old typewriter. Non-impact printers 'squirt' microscopic drops of liquid ink directly onto the paper.