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Bob K Mertz :distressedUS:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lydie</span></a></span><br>It's now time to install Banner Mania!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotmatrix</span></a></p>
ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj: 💾<p>I totally just bought a dot matrix printer with intent to bring into my office at work. Can't wait to hear my coworkers' reaction when I print something. Hell, I should bring in my IBM 5155 for bonus effect. </p><p>EDIT: Know what else this printer doesn't have? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_</span><span class="invisible">tracking_dots</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotmatrix</span></a></p>
Joe Crawford<p>Playing around with simulating old school dot matrix (and impact printer!) printer paper with the perforations and the registration holes and everything. <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/DotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DotMatrix</span></a> <a href="https://codepen.io/artlung/pen/ZYYNJOx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codepen.io/artlung/pen/ZYYNJOx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(with improved color from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Meyerweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Meyerweb</span></a></span> ) (and alternate color from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tantek.com</span></a></span> )</p>
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Also delivered were two wide-format dot matrix tractor feed printers!

These things are in rough shape: the foam padding is crumbling to dust, there's metal plating flaking off the rods, and they're just generally full of dust and debris and undoubtedly spider eggs. My relative insists that they work, though. When pressed, they explained that they worked perfectly thirty or forty years ago.

[Edit: forgot to add the pictures.]

J'ai réparé mon imprimante matricielle ! 🎉
C'est une Star LC-10, elle imprimait un début de ligne et le chariot se bloquait avant que l'imprimante ne se mette en erreur.
J'ai vérifié l'alimentation, la commande du moteur du chariot, RAS.
Au final c'était un problème mécanique, j'ai graissé les éléments mobiles du chariot et j'ai fait tourner le ruban encreur dans sa cartouche avec une visseuse électrique, et ça m'a l'air bon maintenant !
Testé avec mon #Atari Mega STE et le traitement de texte Papyrus (et pas la bonne fonte!)
#dotmatrix #printer #retrocomputing