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This is the familiar, inexpensive type of ] with a print-head that runs back and forth on the page. Most often it an ] or ]. The most common place to see one of these (in the States, anyway) is in a cash register. Almost all small receipts are printed on this type of printer. A '''character matrix printer''' or '''dot-matrix printer''' is type of ] with a print-head that runs back and forth on the page.


Generally the print-head prints one line of text. It has a single vertical line of dot-making equipment on its print-head. Most often it is an ] or ]. Generally the print-head prints one line of text. It has a single vertical line of dot-making equipment on its print-head.
⚫ It produces double-wide characters by printing each vertical slice of a character twice. It produces higher resolutions by printing more slowly. It produces graphics by printing dots, one horizontal character-high stripe at a time.


They are inexpensive, and until the 1990s the most common form of printer used with ]s. They remain in use in devices such as ]s and ] printouts: almost all small receipts are printed on this type of printer.
⚫ It produces double-wide characters by printing each vertical slive of a character twice. It produces higher resolutions by printing more slowly. It produces graphics by printing dots, one horizontal character-high stripe at a time.

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A character matrix printer or dot-matrix printer is type of computer printer with a print-head that runs back and forth on the page.

Most often it is an Ink jet printer or impact printer. Generally the print-head prints one line of text. It has a single vertical line of dot-making equipment on its print-head. It produces double-wide characters by printing each vertical slice of a character twice. It produces higher resolutions by printing more slowly. It produces graphics by printing dots, one horizontal character-high stripe at a time.

They are inexpensive, and until the 1990s the most common form of printer used with PCs. They remain in use in devices such as cash registers and ATM printouts: almost all small receipts are printed on this type of printer.