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matrix printer

British  

noun

  1. computing another name for dot-matrix printer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Skytyping is the technological equivalent of moving from handwriting to a wireless dot matrix printer, said Andy’s 48-year-old grandson Stephen Stinis, who took Skytypers over from his father, Greg.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

The man took Andrea Cincotta’s computer and her dot matrix printer, loaded them into his truck and then resumed working on the apartment building’s mailboxes.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

We had a dot matrix printer that took half an hour to print a single script – and it was state of the art.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2017

Yes, I was that kid in 6th grade who printed out his position paper on Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers on a dot matrix printer in blue ink.

From US News • Apr. 27, 2015

Hiding in a cluttered corner of the show’s writers’ room, “under a whole bunch of crap,” he says, was a 5-inch thick stack of dot matrix printer paper.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2013

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