impact printer

Definitions of impact printer
  1. noun
    a printer that prints by mechanical impacts
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    types:
    bar printer
    an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs
    chain printer
    an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain
    stylus printer, wire matrix printer, wire printer
    an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli
    type of:
    printer, printing machine
    a machine that prints
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