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daisy·wheel print·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. daisywheel printernoun

    a printer that uses a daisy print wheel

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  1. daisywheel printernoun

    A printer that operates by striking the page with moulded characters from a rotating circular arrangement, obsolete since the late 1980s.

  2. Etymology: daisy wheel, from the resemblance to the flower.

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  1. daisywheel printer

    Daisy wheel printing is an impact printing technology invented in 1970 by Andrew Gabor at Diablo Data Systems. It uses interchangeable pre-formed type elements, each with typically 96 glyphs, to generate high-quality output comparable to premium typewriters such as the IBM Selectric, but two to three times faster. Daisy wheel printing was used in electronic typewriters, word processors and computers from 1972. The daisy wheel is so named because of its resemblance to the daisy flower.By 1980 daisy wheel printers had become the dominant technology for high-quality text printing. Dot-matrix impact, thermal, or line printers were used where higher speed or image printing were required and poor print quality was acceptable. Both technologies were rapidly superseded for most purposes when dot-based printers—in particular laser printers—that could print any characters or graphics, rather than being restricted to a limited character set, became able to produce output of comparable quality. Daisy wheel technology is now found only in some electronic typewriters.

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  1. daisywheel printer

    A daisywheel printer is a type of impact printer that works by spinning a wheel (looking like a 'daisy') to position each character or symbol before striking it against an inked ribbon to create an imprint on the paper. The wheel is made up of metal or plastic and contains all the letters, numbers, and other characters. Although they can produce high-quality text, daisywheel printers are slow, noisy and cannot print graphics, which led to their replacement by modern printing technologies like inkjet and laser printers.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of daisywheel printer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of daisywheel printer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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