Great explanation, however I just had a question "Laser printer quality, second to none" ...What about sheet-fed offset processes like litho? Or do you mean second to none in the digital print category? Please explain incase I'm mistaken?
@@Chainless_Slave7 it is slightly lower quality for text, but nothing noticeable. Pictures on the other hand are serviceable when large, but not very good. This is why I said it works well for text. I consider the lower quality well worth it since you don't have to deal with inkjet cartridges or toner, both being expensive and annoying, while ribbons are cheap and last a while. (DRM on HP and Cannon cartridges)
It always takes me back to my elementary and middle school day when I see a dot matrix printer. I just downloaded dot matrix font. For nostalgia purposes, it looks great.
They are also super cheap to use, just bought a 24 pin one last year and have changed the ink once. (The ink is ~3$ a cartridge.) It also prints with pretty acceptable quality.
Also worth mentioning that in thermal printing there exists a newer technology called thermal transfer which uses a black ribbon of ink and heat to transfer the ink to the paper/label. These produce higher quality and much longer lasting prints than direct thermal where the ink is in the paper itself as described in the video. But they're generally more expensive to buy and use. A positive thing about them is that most thermal transfer printers can operate in either thermal transfer or direct thermal mode, where it can still operate as a conventional thermal printer and use paper or labels which have the ink inside of it.
You must understand: wax ribbon: for paper label. cheap. won't last long. For shipping label. resin ribbon: for plastic label or paper with smooth surface. Expensive. Scratch resistant, lasts longer. For actual product. some ribbons combine both traits there are colored ribbons. shiny gold/silver is just as expenive as other colors, if you pay more you got scammed Cheap printers rotate 1:1 with label roll even if there is only a small text in the middle of the label. True printers only rotate the ribbon when it prints. Print consecutive numbering, bar/qr codes or individual text on pre-printed labels. It can be used for Wine bottle labels. Watch out, some rolls are inkside in and some inkside out. csi and cso there are two types of cores. 25mm and smaller 12,7mm Toshiba rolls hit different. Toshiba is generally different.
I was curious for a second when I looked at the printer in my house. I was like, how does a machine print out things EXACTLY THE SAME. So I searched it up, and this video was just so perfect. The explanation is literally perfect. I undertsood everything single bit. Tysm. Great video.
Fun fact, dot matrix printers are everywhere in China nowadays. Almost every bussiness owner have one in their office. But they are not used to print documents, the law requires that the invoices need to be printed on a special carbonless copy paper, only dotmatrix printer can do that. I just bought one last month, an Epson LQ-610K. I am suprised it's not that slow at all, however the noise is really huge.
@@YustinJ420 I'm using a relatively new printer, pretty readable to me with default font size in word(11 points). I think it's fine enough for even smaller size.
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Dot matrix printers are almost nonexistent? Not very common anymore, but far from non-existent. We have hundreds of tabvle top serial matrix and line printers under service contracts around the country. You can't print a multipart form (invoices, requisitions, bills of lading, etc) with anything else.
Anyone know where I can find a dot matrix printer for cheap? I'm considering building one. I want have one for nostalgia. Even if it's broken, it's okay. I'm an electrical engineer so I can fix it easily enough
Ink Jet printing using cartridges as ink source with its scanning effect of back and forth signified the to and fro of everything, that ink jet bubble of many very small dots that comprises the details of an image symbolizes the particles and pixels combination like the polarity of time being and event perfection of the to and fro and at the maximum time limit the better version of us projected in image as numerical money reflected in particles numerical code receptors once accomplished and pixels image copy of microthings to specific numerical code appropriate for that image criteria based.
Laser printers using light beam projectors to a specific ink type wherein whats projected by the light to that rotating rolled special papers the ink type adjust to the beam of light image projected as copied from the document inserted only shows that the light around us able to capture and photograph and record relevant events in the sorroundings that can enable us to be elevated by our deeds to the next higher level with energy money conversion.
Does the dot matrix painter also symbolized time frames because each dot is a time period and carbon is an element of the non oxygen type could be related to anaerobic as opposite of the aerobic where the 2 interchange in the breathing cycle of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange as well as either hydration or less hydration of minerals and muscle warm up or no muscle warm up prior to prolonged activities, could be a potential time pocket creation in a confined time existence and habitation as a dimentional timeframe existence in the near future. While matrix could be a medium for coded messages portal seal or portal exit for that specific timeframe dimension created.
Thank you for the simple and understandable explanations. Please do not take it as criticism, but only as a small note, addition: in the video on the laser printer is missing an important step. The fuser unit for fixing the color powder.
The ink Refill prices make me NEVER want to buy an inkjet printer.. I'm going to buy the noisy dot matrix printer as all i need is black text on a sheet of paper!!
Hehe, tank printer goes brrrr... To be fair, for its cheapness and print capacity, you pay the price of having to use it on a regular basis, otherwise the head will be damaged by dried ink.
I’m only 26 so I think dot matrix printers were before my time. I was just stopping by because I was curious as to how they work. At work we have a laser printer for the copy room, but we use dot matrix printers for packing lists, shipping labels, and bills of lading. I was curious as to how they worked.
Quade Carter im 26 almost 27 and i used dot matrix printers back when i was a kid i used to love ripping the paper out and removing the sides with holes on them it was like old tech asmr.
If you do a lot of text printing, I highly recommend 24 pin models like the monochrome Epson LQ-59011, as they print with pretty good quality. A single cartridge costs about 4$ and lasts about six months.
The dot matrix printers were mostly used back in late 70's and during 80's, in some countries even in early 90's. The thermal printers are also used for printing tickets in buses or trains here in Europe.
Does thermal printer mirrors the hot or heat areas of Earth whose activities in their response and reaction being printed as cash either the north pole or the south pole as opposites?
@@marco7838 They do black and black/red. Pictures are not the best. If you mainly print text, they are the best type of printer you can buy. (Cheapest to run, longest living)
My credit union changed buildings and renovated interiors several times over 30 years. But they kept their old 1980s dot matrix printers until start of 2023. Work horses that never broke. I kinda miss them.
Niiiiice explanation, do u have any solution for black not printing precise on a canon MG 5750? all colors print normal except for black that printed wavy incomplete lines
If you already changed out the black ink...then the print head might be bad and needs replacing. If the printer is old..for example 5 years...buy a new printer.
