Dot-matrix printers

The horse and buggy of printing family is dot-matrix printer. This type of printer is the least expensive, in the terms of both the purchase price and the long term operating cost. Dot matrix printers generate fair print quality for most manuscripts, reports, term papers, and theses. The mechanical parts are rugged, and maintenance requirements are least.
Older dot-matrix printers are noisy in the operation; newer machines are quieter. But none of them have typeset grade image quality of more expensive printers. Dot-matrix printers can render some simple graphic images, but quality is fair at best, and it can take a long time to print a single image. Dot-matrix printers cannot reproduce detailed artwork or photographs with the acceptable quality.