Re: High Speed Impact Printing vs. Toner
Hi Josh, i think you are talking about something that equates to an olde IBM 3211/1403 type printer. these operated with a 'print train' with slugs containing the characters mounted inside a casing. these spun at high speed and as the paper passed, hammers that were located behind the paper would fire at the approriate time to create the characters on the paper, using a ribbon. The advantages were that multi part paper could be used, print costs were relatively low. It tended howeve to have the potential to be messy, subject to jams and not reaaly very quick, especially when compared to todays toner based printers. Various models of impact printers are still available.
Hope this helps