Editing Printer (computing) (section)

=====Daisy wheel printers=====
[[File:Triumph-Adler Daisy wheel Cubic PS-92800.jpg|thumb|left|"Daisy wheel" print element]]
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Daisy wheel printers operate in much the same fashion as a [[typewriter]]. A hammer strikes a wheel with petals, the "daisy wheel", each petal containing a letter form at its tip. The letter form strikes a ribbon of [[ink]], depositing the ink on the page and thus printing a character. By rotating the daisy wheel, different characters are selected for printing. These printers were also referred to as ''letter-quality printers'' because they could produce text which was as clear and crisp as a typewriter. The fastest letter-quality printers printed at 30 characters per second.