"impact printer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impact printers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} impact printer (plural impact printers)
  1. (computing, retronym) A printer in which each character is produced by part of the mechanism striking the paper (normally through an inked ribbon) Tags: retronym Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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