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line printers versus page printers
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::(B) they are often much more economical than lasers etc. and therefore used for large printing volumes where the finish is less of a concern.
:If trying to print as to a 'modern' device the output would risk to come out as a single line per sheet. :--[[User:Jofur|<Jofur>]] 12:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Line printers utilize ASCII (or occasionally EBCDIC on some mainframe variants.), Sending the characters to the word "Hello" down to a line printer will produce the word "Hello" on the page (following an appropriate line end or page throw sequence).
This is different to page printers, which require a driver to convert the text into a printer specific control language (such as PCL, Postscript, or other proprietary printer specific control code sequence.)
[[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 13:44, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
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