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- The company decided to replace its outdated wire printers with more advanced inkjet printers for increased efficiency.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.