Character-at-a-time Printer (Noun)
Meaning
A printer that prints a single character at a time.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Historically, character-at-a-time printers like dot matrix and daisy wheel printers were the norm before the advent of laser printing.
- The serial interface of older computers often connected to a character-at-a-time printer that could type out messages line by line.
- She threw away her old character-at-a-time printer after it jammed for the tenth time that morning.
- The old character-at-a-time printer in the school's computer lab was notoriously slow and prone to paper jams.
- The company's logotype had to be modified to accommodate the limitations of character-at-a-time printers in the early days of desktop publishing.