Re: how dot matrix printers placed text

From	kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups	comp.misc, comp.periphs.printers
Subject	Re: how dot matrix printers placed text
Date	2024-07-09 00:29 +0000
Organization	Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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Retrograde  <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:
>Our first printer was a dot matrix model, from I think a brand called Star or
>something similar. Back then, in 1991 or so, a lot of employers in The
>Netherlands offered programs wherein employees could buy computers through
>their work, offered at a certain discount. My parents jumped on the opportunity
>when my mom’s employer offered such a program, and through it, we bought a
>brand new 286 machine running MS-DOS and Windows 3.0, and it included said dot
>matrix printer.

That would be Star Micronics.  A step below Epson, a step above Panasonic.
--scott

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