Impact printers, such as line printers and dot-matrix printers, are inexpensive and hold up well in harsh environments, but they print at relatively low resolutions-usually too low for reliably printing bar codes.
This technology allows impact printers to do something no other printer can: produce carbon copies using multi-part forms.
Oki Data Americas, Inc., has unveiled a new line in the MICROLINE (ML) series of impact printers, called the ML186 series.
Carl Taylor, marketing manager for Impact Printers at Oki Data notes, "Strong reliability is the foundation of our entire Microline series of printers and our new ML186 line continues and even improves on our tradition of "Tank-Tough" printers our customers know will last.
IBM has introduced a new addition to its line of
impact printers, the IBM 4247-V03.
Labels, renewals, and invoices may be printed to high-quality laser printers or high-speed
impact printers. All output is exportable for publishers using an outside service bureau for their printing and mailing needs.
Dot-matrix - this type of printer is still in use as only
impact printers can work with multipart stationery.
Letter quality
impact printers, on the other hand, produce a much higher quality report, but are slower.
Some high-speed
impact printers have a strip of the film behind the target area to monitor whether an impact has occurred.
Various retailers in North America and Europe have already migrated from
impact printers to thermal printers due to the various benefits offered by the latter over the former.
Dot-matrix -- this type of printer is still in use as only
impact printers can work with multi-part stationery.
The LQ-570e's innovative 24-pin design enables the print head to operate faster than most
impact printers -- delivering speeds up to 400 characters per second in high-speed draft mode, with a life expectancy rated up to 200 million strokes per wire.
