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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker
... (a good) laser printer is better [than a dot matrix printer], but dot matrix printers are pretty good too, and much, MUCH better than inkjet printers.
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Depends, I suppose. The early ones only had eight pins (namely, low resolution), and they made in incredible racket. Once they got 24 pins and more quiet, they are OK. They are still used for really high-volume printing jobs, like corporate invoices and large check runs. They operate at speeds that look almost brutal.
Consumer ink jets I agree are terrible. Good ones cost quite a bit of money. I stick with a very old HP postscript laser, which is not fast, but it is utterly reliable and produces very nice quality print. And don't get me started on CUPS.