Dot matrix printers, also known as impact matrix devices, are an older kind of printer that relies on an ink-soaked ribbon similar to that used in a typewriter. These devices were the most common ...

Most home users have replaced their old dot matrix printers with newer inkjet or laser printers, but they're still used in some industrial and business applications. Epson and Oki are among the ...

Dot matrix printers are the dinosaurs that won’t go extinct. They are not unlike a typewriter with the type bars behind the ink ribbon replaced by a row of metal pins controlled by solenoids, each pin ...

What do you do when your dot matrix printer’s ribbon is torn to shreds after decades of use, and no new cartridges are available? You might like to attempt a ribbon transplant from another printer’s ...

With technology continuing to change the way the world travels, there are certain aspects of the airline game that remain very much in the realm of the so-called "old school." Airplanes themselves, ...

A set of dot matrix printers will make beautiful music together, perhaps for the last time For the first time in 10 years, a Canadian arts duo plans to perform a symphony using only obsolete dot ...