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Daisy wheel printers were so cool. Is anyone making them anymore ?





I don't think so. Dot matrix covers the niches where impact printers make sense and laser and inkjets cover those where they don't. There might be someone making typewriters, but I don't think any of those can be (easily) used as a printer.

I'm looking into converting one into a teletype by doing a MITM between keyboard and logic board.


Dot matrix printouts tend towards crap. Daisy wheels made crispness achievable and evoked the Selectric. My 0,02€.



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