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noun

computing a printer in which each character is produced as an array of dots by a printhead

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How to use dot-matrix printer in a sentence

Shrubs and small trees dot a parched landscape along the road from Turbat to the border.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another returned a printer box stuffed with a candy-filled piñata.
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With this mini printer, you can print your favorite shots straight from your iPhone.
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In 1978, for instance, Hockney was introduced to a new printing method by the famed printer Ken Tyler.
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Above the notes of praise is a small photo of Guerin wearing a polka dot tie and pocket square, staring at you like a sociopath.
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Though Caroline only brought with her a dot of forty thousand francs, she stood for what was better still, immense possibilities.
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Richard Chiswell, a noted English printer and an extensive publisher, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Some cheap food was presented to the printer in the shape of potatoes, with which his windows were smashed.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Thomas Bradford, the oldest master printer in America, died at Philadelphia, aged 94.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
During the revolutionary war he was commissary-general to the Pennsylvania division, and printer to congress.
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Scientific definitions for dot-matrix printer

dot-matrix printer

An impact printer that prints text and graphic images by hammering the ends of pins against an ink ribbon. This produces characters or images made up of a matrix, or pattern, of dots.

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