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Toshiba stuffs an entire PC into a dot matrix printer – Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500

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33 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 20:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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0_____0 ◴[19 Nov 24 22:43 UTC] No.42188868[source]▶
I would love to know what business niche these have been filling in Japan - TFA states that this series of machine has been offered since 1984.

Does it have an operating system like Win/*nix? Or something more bespoke? Does it offer the user an experience free of internet related distractions?

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1. LegitShady ◴[19 Nov 24 23:10 UTC] No.42189052[source]▶
dot matrix printers use impact printing - it physically strikes the paper to push an inky ribbon against the paper, like an old school typewriter ribbon.

for areas where carbon copies are required a laser or inkjet printer won't replace a dot matrix printer because they can't activate the carbon layer by physically touching it - you'd have print the form again and sign each one, or something similar.