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Wire 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 output of the wire printer was formed by the electrical signals sent to control the striking of an ink ribbon against the paper.
  • Wire printers were commonly used in the early days of computing for generating reports and documents.
  • These machines worked on the principle of a wire printer that created dots to represent characters.
  • The company decided to replace its outdated wire printers with more advanced inkjet printers for increased efficiency.
  • Wire printers, due to their affordability and simplicity, were often preferred over more expensive daisy wheel printers.

Synonyms

  • Wire Matrix Printer
  • Stylus Printer

Hypernyms

  • Impact Printer
  • Dot Matrix Printer
  • Dot Printer
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