Once were dot matrix printer publishers

posted by John Lampard on Friday, 15 August, 2008 to the technology subset

The dawn of self-publishing; the caption accompanying a photo of a dot matrix printer, which was taken in 1983:

This should bring back memories for those of us who spent many an hour printing term papers and the like. The dot matrix printer made everyone a publisher long before the internet made everyone a blogger.

Tags: dot matrix printers, old technology, peripherals, printers, publishers

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And when it was hooked up to a BBC Micro for a game of Grannys Garden, what more could you want?

Michael Lee at 8:47 pm on Saturday, 16 August, 2008
You hooked dot matrix printers up to computer games?!

John Lampard at 11:01 am on Sunday, 17 August, 2008
Hi John,
I am back to your blog after a while. Good to encounter a DMP note here! It does bring back some memories!!
Hersh

Hersh Bhardwaj at 8:14 pm on Sunday, 17 August, 2008
Hi Hersh, good to see you back. I once worked at a place that had just two DM printers. One was dedicated for the accounts people, the other was for everyone else. You literally had to book a time to print something out!

John Lampard at 10:09 am on Monday, 18 August, 2008
hey John I can relate to that DM booking slot situation. I remember the no. of sheets I have ruined to set the printer aligned right.
Keep blogging!

Hersh at 8:03 pm on Monday, 18 August, 2008

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