No, a line printer is a different creature than dot matrix. It uses an embossed metal ribbon that is constantly moving at a high rated and then a solenoid slams it against the ribbon and paper with perfect timing. They print very fast.
-Jerry > On Nov 27, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Sova <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you are thinking of "dot matrix" style printers which used rows and > columns of pins to impact the ribbon and print on the page. I've never > seen one that actually used a typeset head (like a typewriter) for printing. > Anyway, I'd call freegeek, I'm sure they would give you one. Not sure how > powerful the heads are though and if they can punch into Mylar. > > Sova > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mykle Hansen > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 12:23 > To: [email protected] (portland > Subject: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] use your ASCII line printer? > > Hi all, > > I am working on some fancy typewriter-embossed mylar book covers, for copies > of my most recent book "I, SLUTBOT". I hope to finish this in the next week > or so, to sell during the Nondenominational Gift Season. > > I've worked with this medium before, and I really like the results. For > instance, these business cards: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/myklemykle/sets/72157629107400724/) > > But for the sake of mass production I am starting to wish I had access to > one of those old all-mechanical ASCII line printers, the kind we had in the > computer lab when I was in college. Enormous, heavy, loud, fast, > mechanical, they had a moving chain of typewriter keys that were struck by > individual solenoids when they reached the appropriate point on the page. > > With such a printer, I could create an elaborate artwork in VI and stamp it > onto mylar sheets, instead of having to hand-stamp every character on every > cover with my Smith-Corona typewriter. > > Does anybody on this list know where I could find a line printer that still > works? > I would probably want to experiment with output a bit, and then run a final > production of 20 or so sheets of mylar through it. > > Thanks in advance, > -mykle- > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
