If you were lucky enough to own both a desktop computer and a dot-matrix printer back in the ... cards, and even banners, thanks to the printer paper of the era being just one long sheet ...

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 ...

This tractor feed dot-matrix printer is nigh-indestructible. The print quality was actually pretty great. It was loud as hell, which is a mark of quality electromechanical components. It could do ...

Effectively the system that paints the interspersed lines acts as a dot matrix printer that can only print at a single frequency. With enough of these systems on the same vehicle, and a little bit ...

[Credit: The Life of Kenneth] Twitter tickers have been around for a little while now, but this creative use of an old dot matrix printer by a modder named Kenneth is really a fun way to utilize ...

Check out more from the series here. Listener and reader Geoffrey Newton from Falls Church, Virginia, asks: Why do airlines still use dot matrix printers? For many companies that use outdated ...