dot matrix printer

English

Noun

dot matrix printer (plural dot matrix printers)

1. (computer hardware) A type of printer that prints characters using an array of small wires that produce an array of dots when striking the paper.

Synonyms

• impact matrix printer

Translations

type of printer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 點陣式打印機／点阵式打印机 (zh) (diǎnzhènshì dǎyìnjī)

• Czech: jehličková tiskárna f
• Finnish: matriisikirjoitin (fi), matriisitulostin, pistematriisitulostin
• French: imprimante matricielle (fr) f
• Galician: impresora matricial f
• German: Nadeldrucker (de) m, Matrixdrucker m
• Greek: εκτυπωτής μήτρας m (ektypotís mítras)
• Hungarian: mátrixnyomtató (hu)
• Icelandic: punktaprentari m, nálaprentari m
• Japanese: ドットマトリックスプリンター (dottomatorikkusu purintā)
• Russian: ма́тричный при́нтер m (mátričnyj príntɛr)
• Spanish: impresora matricial f

Further reading

• dot matrix printer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia