Laser/LED printer and Inkjet printers for a couple.
Yes, the word 'printer' is a noun, a word for someone whose job it is to produce text or images on paper; a machine used to transfer text or images to paper; a word for a person or a thing.
According to computer experts, a dot matrix printer is also known as an impact printer because of its inkjet printing ability.
It is an impact printer. Someone else has already asked this.
Thermal Printer
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.
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.
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.
Inkjet Printer.
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dot matrix printer
Such a printer is commonly known as an "Injet" printer.
Known as impact printers, of which a "Dot-matrix printer" is an example.