It’s a roughly 175lb (80 Kg) beast capable of printing 100 lines per minute. Each line is 132 characters wide, printed on the tractor-feed green bar paper we all associate with old computer systems.

Line matrix printers used a printing method similar to the smaller dot matrix printers used with PCs. An array of small pins struck the ribbon, forming characters on the paper.

They also provide high speed; for example, printing a three-part form at 1,200 lpm is equivalent to a 65 ppm page printer. Line matrix printers can exist in harsh conditions and are often found in ...

Line printers strike the paper with hammers as each correct letter, number or punctuation formed into a continuous matrix of characters on a chain, ...

(Image courtesy of Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions, Inc.) IBM Line Printer This 6252 band printer prints 1,200 lines per minute (lpm). Additional models offer speeds up to 2,200 lpm.

Ricoh Debuts Printer Line for Education. By Joshua Bolkan; 03/08/16; Ricoh has launched the Multifunction Printer (MFP) for Education Series, a collection of printers designed to better integrate into ...