While laser and inkjet printers are increasingly popular, older technology still has value in daily life. Dot matrix printers are similar to manual typewriters, with a history dating back over 100 ...

Some businesses still use dot matrix printers to generate invoices, forms and other documents. Unlike modern laser printers, a dot matrix printer has a single print head and an inked ribbon. Neither ...

When a Minnesota outfit of all-star DIY-ers called 1.21 Jigawatts won this summer's Red Bull Creation Contest, we couldn't wait to have them create a project just for PM readers. Here, a couple of ...

Before the 1980s, laser printers were expensive, high-volume units. At that time, dot matrix printers commanded the early PC desktop market for homes and businesses. Compact laser printers, introduced ...

We have an application that generates a PDF form. This form needs to be printed on special 6 sheet thick dot matrix form paper, because it needs to be printed 6 copies for legal purposes (bills of ...

Waveshare introduced several dot matrix ESL color e-paper displays, which it claims are ideal for various applications. As Cnx-Software mentioned, those can be IoT, retail, or industrial all thanks to ...