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.
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.
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 These printers were once cutting edge but have largely been replaced by ink jet and laser printers.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.
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.
A type lever is a mechanical part in a typewriter that registers the character selection and advances the carriage. It is responsible for striking the inked ribbon against the paper to create printed characters. Typists use the type lever by pressing keys to select the desired characters to be printed.