dot matrix

• Тип принтера, который использует печатающую головку с матрицей маленьких штифтов для удара по красящей ленте и создания символов или изображений на бумаге, широко использовавшийся в 1980-х и 1990-х годах.

A type of printer that uses a print head with a matrix of small pins to strike an ink ribbon and create characters or images on paper, commonly used in the 1980s and 1990s.

1. Printing technologyB2formal

   A printing method that uses a grid of small pins to strike an ink ribbon and create characters or images as patterns of dots.

   Матричная печать

   • Dot matrix printers were widely used in the 1980s for printing invoices.
   • The old receipt printer uses dot matrix technology.
   • Dot matrix printing is still used for multi-part forms.

2. Display technologyB2formal

   A type of display that uses a grid of dots (pixels) to form characters and images.

   Матричный дисплей

   • The dot matrix display on the calculator shows numbers clearly.
   • Early computer monitors used dot matrix screens.
   • The train station sign uses a dot matrix display for departure times.