Line-at-a-time Printer (Noun)
Meaning
Printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The company's first computer used a line-at-a-time printer to produce reports for the accounting department.
- A line-at-a-time printer was a common peripheral device for early personal computers.
- The noisy line-at-a-time printer in the office was finally replaced with a quieter laser printer.
- In the 1970s, many businesses relied on line-at-a-time printers to produce documents and reports.
- A line-at-a-time printer typically had a print head that moved back and forth across the page to print an entire line of text.