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Printers peripherals for old personal computers



9-pin dot matrix printer with support for NLQ (Near Letter Quality) mode, achieving results comparable to 24-pin printers.
Manufactured by a subsidiary of the Japanese brand SEIKO.



Commodore's daisy wheel printer.



5-inch continuous-print dot matrix printer.
The Seikosha GP-50S model, instead of a parallel port, has a bus connector for Sinclair Research computers: the Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
The Seikosha GP-50MX model came with a parallel port interface and was compatible with MSX computers.



It was an Epson FX-80 dot matrix printer under the IBM brand.



IBM color dot matrix printer.



A thermal printer, intended for the IBM PCjr.



9-pin printer, with up to 5 types of fonts.


Launched: 1970

The Centronics Model 101 was introduced at the 1970 National Computer Conference. The print head used an innovative seven-pin solenoid impact system. Based on this design, Centronics later claimed to have developed the first dot matrix printer.


Launched: 1975


Launched: 1978

ESD silver foil printer.


Launched: 1978

In June 1978, the TX-80 80-column dot matrix printer was introduced, primarily used as a system printer for the Commodre PET computer. After two years of further development, an improved model, the MX-80, was released in October 1980, becoming the best-selling printer in the United States.


Launched: 1979

Dot matrix printer.


Launched: 1980

Serial dot matrix printer, which allowed monospaced or proportional characters.


Launched: 1980

The first printer produced by Apple.
It was a small, quiet, 80-column thermal printer designed for the Apple II Plus and Apple III.


Launched: 1980


Launched: 1981

Thermal printer on metallized paper manufactured by Sinclair Research for its Sinclair ZX81 home computer.


Launched: 1982

Dot matrix printer for the Commodore VIC-20.


Launched: 1982

Dot matrix printer for the Commodore VIC-20.


Launched: 1983

9-needle printer.


Launched: 1983

Dot matrix printer


Launched: 1983


Launched: 1984

A Commodore matrix printer (Matrix Printer System).


Launched: 1984


Launched: 1984

Amstrad's first printer, which was actually a SEIKOSHA GP-500M-2.


Launched: 1984


Launched: 1984


Launched: 1985

This printer was quite similar to the LX-80, but required a specific emulation interface to be connected to each of the different computers: Commodore 64, Atari XE/XL, IBM PC, IBM PCjr and Apple IIc.


Launched: 1985

Commodore's seven-pin dot matrix printer of the MPS series, which used continuous paper.


Launched: 1985

Dot matrix printer.


Launched: 1985

The evolution of the Apple ImageWriter dot matrix printer.


Launched: 1985

Amstrad's second printer after the DMP1.


Launched: 1986


Launched: 1986

20-color thermal transfer printer.


Launched: 1986

80-column dot matrix printer that equipped Philips MSX computers.


Launched: 1986

Dot matrix printer.


Launched: 1986

Wide carriage version of the IBM Proprinter II needle printer.


Launched: 1986

It had a "plug 'n print" interface with modules for Commodore, Atari, IBM PC, and Apple computers.


Launched: 1986

9-pin printer that became very popular when sold as a set with the Amstrad PC1512 and Amstrad PC1640.


Launched: 1987

An improved version of the LX-86.


Launched: 1987


Launched: 1988


Launched: 1989

Dot matrix printer.


Launched: 1989

24-needle version of the Proprinter model.


Launched: 1989

24-pin, wide-carriage model of the IBM Proprinter.


Launched: 1990

24-pin dot matrix printer.


Launched: 1991

Wide-carriage printer, similar to the 2380


Launched: 1991

Narrow carriage printer.

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