page printer

n : a printer that prints one page at a time [syn: {page-at-a-time

printer}]

impact printer

The earlier, noisier kind of {printer} where part of

the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term

would only be only used in contrast to "{non-impact printer}".

Examples include {line printer}, {daisy wheel printer}, {golf

ball printer}, {dot matrix printer}, {Braille printer}.

(1998-10-13)