Stylus Printer (Noun)
Meaning
An impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The dot matrix printer was a type of stylus printer that was widely used in the 1980s for printing documents and reports.
- The stylus printer used a series of tiny metal rods to strike an ink ribbon against the paper, creating a pattern of dots that formed the printed characters.
- In the early days of computing, stylus printers were the primary output device for many systems, producing printed output one line at a time.
- The stylus printer's print head moved back and forth across the page, striking the ink ribbon against the paper to create the printed text.
- The noise of the stylus printer was a familiar sound in many offices, as it clattered and whirred its way through reams of paper.