There was much whooping and hollering, as there often is when a dot matrix printer screams into life in a suburban household. We were getting closer, but we needed just a little more. Spraying ...

What do you do when your dot matrix printer’s ribbon is torn to shreds after decades of use, and no new cartridges are available? You might like to attempt a ribbon transplant from another ...

Also known as a "serial dot matrix printer." The dot matrix printer uses one or two columns of dot hammers that are moved across the paper. The hammers rapidly press the ribbon into the paper ...

An early impact printer that combined band printer and dot matrix technologies. It used a revolving band, but dots were on the band instead of the actual characters. Bands with different dot sizes ...