Irvine-based Dot Printer Inc. made its first acquisition in 10 years with the recent buy of Irvine’s Page One Digital. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed. The commercial printer targeted Page One ...

Dot matrix printers, also known as impact matrix devices, are an older kind of printer that relies on an ink-soaked ribbon similar to that used in a typewriter. These devices were the most common ...

The LA36 was the first widely successful dot matrix printer and made printing faster and more efficient during an age when paper ruled the office world. Given that so many documents can now be stored ...

A printer that uses hammers and a ribbon to form images from dots. Used to print multipart forms and address labels, the tractor and sprocket mechanism in these devices handles thicker media better ...

Until the 1990s, impact printers far outnumbered their inkjet and laser cousins. An impact printer strikes a molded letter, made of plastic or metal, against paper through an inked ribbon, producing a ...