line printer
Mainframe's paper producer
A line printer is a high-speed printer that prints an entire line of text at once rather than character by character.
These machines dominated computer output from the 1950s through the 1980s, producing the distinctive green-and-white striped continuous-feed paper familiar from that era.
The term now sounds dated, as laser and inkjet printers replaced them.
Grid of small spots
- daisy wheelRotating printhead with petals
- chainLinked segments forming length
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- bandGroup playing music together
impact · hammer · strike · platen · carriage · sprocket · ribbon · ink ribbon
Paper folded in alternating creases
- perforationHole punched through something
- tear-offSection designed for removal
- listingRecorded item in catalog
- printoutPhysical copy from device
hard copy · carbon copy · invoice · report · banner · ledger paper · z-fold · accordion fold
Large centralized computer system
- minicomputerMedium-scale computing machine
- parallel portMulti-wire peripheral connection point
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
- batch processingRunning queued jobs automatically
spooling · throughput · legacy · industrial · heavy-duty · teletype · teletypewriter · ASCII
dot matrix
Grid of small spots
- daisy wheelRotating printhead with petals
- chainLinked segments forming length
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
band · impact · hammer · strike · platen · carriage · sprocket · ribbon · ink ribbon · carbon paper
fanfold
Paper folded in alternating creases
- perforationHole punched through something
- tear-offSection designed for removal
- listingRecorded item in catalog
printout · hard copy · carbon copy · invoice · report · banner · ledger paper · z-fold · accordion fold · burst
mainframe
Large centralized computer system
- minicomputerMedium-scale computing machine
- parallel portMulti-wire peripheral connection point
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
batch processing · spooling · throughput · legacy · industrial · heavy-duty · teletype · teletypewriter · ASCII · coaxial
monospace
Uniform-width character display
- fontCharacter style set
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- textWritten or printed words
uppercase · lowercase · alphanumeric · graphics · overprint · boldface · spacing · alignment · pitch · columns
line printerlaser printer
Light-beam document output device
inkjet printer · thermal printer · dot matrix printer · 3D printer · plotter
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