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An impact printer is a printer that strikes a print head against an ink ribbon to mark the paper. Common examples include dot matrix and daisy-wheel printers. Dot matrix printers strike the ribbon with a grid of metal pins, while daisy-wheel printers strike the ribbon with a "petal" from a wheel of characters and symbols. Impact printers still exist, but they have been largely replaced by non-impact printers, such as laser and inkjet printers.
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