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Printers have vastly improved though. My last printer jam must be at least five years ago while in the 90s and 2000s it was much more dreadful (especially when
by ano-ther 3y ago
Printers have vastly improved though. My last printer jam must be at least five years ago while in the 90s and 2000s it was much more dreadful (especially when you are seen as “the technical one” in the office).
- RobotToaster 3y agoI don't remember dot matrix printers ever having many problems.
- jeffbee 3y agoOther than being unbelievably slow and of extremely low quality, sure. It so bad and slow that you really have to consider it a different class of product. Additionally, any ink ribbon printer (or typewriter) will suffer from dry ribbons in occasional service. Really there's nothing wrong with laser printers. If you want a trouble-free model you need to spend maybe $50 more than the absolute lowest price you can find. If you think about what they do, it's sort of incredible.
- lostlogin 3y agoThe words ‘dot matrix’ give a very intense memory of the sound.
- notbeuller 3y agoI still see dot matrix printers around, usually in auto workshops where they’re printing through multi-ply copy paper and covered with decades of grease.