Probably not a concern in federal acquisition, but it's an interesting point that Centronics pretty much only built the print head and control electronics. The

Probably not a concern in federal acquisition, but it's an interesting point that Centronics pretty much only built the print head and control electronics. The rest was built by Brother in Japan, as a modification of their electronic typewriter mechanism. Printing really was a very Japan-dominated industry at the time. Brother's relationship with Centronics fell apart pretty much one model later, and now Brother is the printer company and Centronics is long gone.