[GreenKeys] High Speed Printer

[Don Robert House]

Of course then there was the INKTRONIC printer that would spray a  
line at a time with nozzles all across the width of the platen. 2000  
words per minute!
Sure wish I could find one of those machines.  All I have is a roll  
of paper for one.

Don
K9TTY


On 14 Jun 2005, at 9:12 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I've no idea of the nomenclature, but I'm pretty sure that the  
> printer used
> with the IBM 1620 was as you describe (printed a line at a time in  
> one cycle).
> Last time I waw one would have been early 1970.
>
> In a message dated 6/14/2005 9:05:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
> wackyvorlon at gmail.com writes:
>
>> This is a little off-topic, but I hope some here can help me.  I
>> remember seeing a very old form of high speed printer, and can't seem
>> to recall the name for it.  The unique part of it was that it used a
>> series of 'letter bars', one for each column on the page.  On the  
>> edge
>> of the bars, the letters and characters the machine could print where
>> raised.  The machine would print one entire line at a time, by  
>> setting
>> the bars for each column to the appropriate height, drawing them back
>> and striking the ribbon.  The page would then be advanced to another
>> line.  The only other place I've seen this method of printing was on
>> old adding machines, where it seems rather common.
>>
>> Is anyone familiar with these printers?
>>
>>
>
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