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Although inkjet and laser printers print in dots, and monitors display dots as well, the term generally refers to images created with serial dot matrix printers. See dot matrix printer.

At the time, such printers were plentiful and cheap. But by the late 1990s dot matrix printers were largely superseded by the technologically superior laser and ink jet printers.

What do you do when your dot matrix printer’s ribbon is torn to shreds after decades of use, and no new cartridges are available? You might like to attempt a ribbon transplant from another ...

As China entered the era of personal computing, most printers could only output western characters. Reprogramming them required uncommon ingenuity.

Got an old dot matrix printer sitting around? One modder turned one into a DIY Twitter ticker.