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Gutenberg's Heirs

• Who knows it not?
• Development & importance
• Printing techniques
• Dot-matrix printer
• Thermal printer
• Exhibits
  • EPSON LX-400
  • EPSON LX-800
  • K 6313
  • K 6314
  • K 6316
  • LA75 Companion Printer
  • K 6304
  • Thermal paper for K 6304
  • Daisy wheels
  • Continuous form paper
• Learning success check
• Credits
• Sources



printing techniques/printer types

In Genereal printing techniques can be sperarated into two groups, line-a-time and side-a-time printing. Considering line-time printing this means that everything, text or graphic, is printed line by line, whereas side-a-time printing produces complete printed pages.

But these to techniques comprise a lot more different printer types:

line-at-a-time printer

• Daisy wheel printer
• Dot-matrix printer
• Inkjet printer
• Thermal printer

side-at-a-time printer

• Laser printer
• LED, LCS- and Ion printer
• Thermal ink transfer printer