Post #4355999
2026-08-03 12:34 UTC
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt Sure, that'd be great!
For some reason, while dreaming about getting a dot matrix printer, I've always imagined the dots to be clearly visible from a distance (and still thought it's some cool tech!). But this? This looks great already!
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@drj@typo.social 2026-08-03 12:44
@aceryz@social.hackerspace.pl @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt The "classic" era, Epson FX-80 and i suspect this printer is similar, the "dot" was about 1 printer's point. 1/72 inch. But, especially in higher quality modes, the dot spacing was higher: 144dpi horizontally, and 216dpi vertically: adjacent dots would overlap. The normal printing mode was 144 dpi horizontally and 72dpi vertically, but with the added restriction that adjacent dots had to be 1/72 inch apart or more (couldn't fire the same pin twice in succession). You get higher quality by slowing everything down and doing more passes.