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 ...

Dot matrix printers are similar to manual typewriters, with a history dating back over 100 years. These beloved devices feature an ink-filled ribbon that’s struck by a print head to mark paper ...

The noise of a dot matrix printer is probably as synonymous with 1980s computing as the modem handshake would become with the desktop experience a decade or more later. But unlike the computers ...

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 ...

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 For many companies that use outdated ...

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 ...

I love how the fabric-covered LED dot-matrix display makes time unobtrusively accessible, beaming its gentle white light from my dresser across my blackout-curtained dark bedroom. (It definitely ...