line printer

n 1. (Computer Science) an electromechanical device that prints a line of characters at a time rather than a character at a time, at speeds from about 200 to 3000 lines per minute: used in printing and in computer systems 2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an electromechanical device that prints a line of characters at a time rather than a character at a time, at speeds from about 200 to 3000 lines per minute: used in printing and in computer systems

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Noun

line printer - printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a timeline-at-a-time printerdrum printer - a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing positionprinting machine, printer - a machine that prints

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line printer

an electromechanical device that prints a line of characters at a time rather than a character at a time, at speeds from about 200 to 3000 lines per minute: used in printing and in computer systems

line printer

[′līn ‚print·ər] (computer science) A device that prints an entire line in a single operation, without necessarily printing one character at a time.

line printer

(printer)A printer that prints one entire line at a time.Print quality is low compared with a laser printer. Lineprinters typically use sprocket feed and wide fanfold paper.

Line printer speed is usually measured in lines per minute(lpm). 1200 lpm is a good rate for a line printer like a 3205m5. 66 lines per page is typical, giving 18 pages per minute(ppm). This assumes all upper case, if a mixed case printtrain is used, throughput is halved. By comparison, a fastlaser printer can output 100+ ppm

line printer

An impact printer that prints one line at a time. The two surviving line printer technologies are band printers and line matrix printers. Line printers are still widely used in datacenters and in industrial environments and can print multipart forms at a very rapid rate. For example, a 1,000 lpm line printer printing on three-part forms is the equivalent of a 50 ppm laser printer. See band printer, line matrix printer and printer.

Line Printer

The line printer is typically enclosed in a cabinet that completely seals the unit from the outside world. This used to be essential when line printers were extremely noisy. Today's line printers are even quieter than laser printers.

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noun printer that serves as an output device on a computer

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