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daisy wheel
daisy wheeln. A printing device used in some electric typewriters and printers, consisting of raised characters fixed at the ends of spokes on a wheel.dai′sy wheel`
n. a small spoked wheel with raised numbers, letters, etc., on the tips of the spokes: used as the printing element in some typewriters and computer printers. [1975–80] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | daisy wheel - a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paperdaisy print wheeldaisywheel printer - a printer that uses a daisy print wheelwheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) |
Translationsdaisy wheel
daisy wheelAn earlier printer that used a plastic or metal hub with spokes. At the end of each spoke was the carved image of a letter, digit or symbol. In the early 1980s, daisy wheel printers cost as much as USD $3,000 and more. They clicked and clacked to produce near typewriter-quality output.
For a brief time, the technology was popular because the fonts could be changed by simply changing the print wheel. Daisy wheel printers produced typewriter-like quality from 10 to 75 cps but were superseded by dot matrix and laser printers. See dot matrix and laser printer.
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| When the required character spun around to the print hammer, the image was banged into a ribbon and onto paper. The entire wheel mechanism was then moved to the next location. |
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| When the required character spun around to the print hammer, the image was banged into a ribbon and onto paper. The entire wheel mechanism was then moved to the next location. |
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| All 330 terms in the first edition of The Computer Glossary (the origin of this encyclopedia) were written in 1980 on an 8-bit microcomputer and printed on a daisy wheel printer. Because the daisy wheels contained only one font size, the term names were left blank so that large Kroytype labels could be pressed on by hand afterwards. |
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Synonyms for daisy wheelnoun a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paperSynonymsRelated Words |