dot-matrix printer

British  

noun

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

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dot-matrix printer Scientific  

1. 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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Example Sentences

The summer’s unpleasant cicada infestation, meanwhile, is a stark reminder that his preferred droning screech comes from his dot-matrix printer, spitting out keyboard-symbol drawings he makes for customers who send him cash.

From Los Angeles Times

In the last few years, a router failure crippled Southwest for days and Delta employees at one airport dragged out an old dot-matrix printer to make boarding passes.

From Seattle Times

One fateful day, the two scientists hovered over a dot-matrix printer in a narrow room at the end of a long hall.

From New York Times

The manuscript remains an unpublished pile of dot-matrix printer paper in my garage.

From New York Times

The dot-matrix printer broke, so employees write out membership cards by hand.

From Washington Times

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