Wikipedia claims line printers had achieved 600 lpm by the '50s and have reached 2500 lpm
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:56 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 1/26/23 13:23, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jan 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > > > Even a daisy wheel is easily capable of twice that. > > But, we didn't have convenient access to anything better half a century > > ago. > > <Pedant>A couple of years ago, that would have been true. But the > Diablo Daisy-wheels date from at least 1972. You're also forgetting the > thermal printers, like the TI Silent 70, which could sail along at 30 > cps (1971). There were other variations. I recall a Singer terminal > that used a spinning typewheel (One always ended with a page eject > because the damned thing would leave a vertical smear of black ink if > left unattended). Carriage was unidirectional via wormscrew rod; return > was via a spring that was stretched as the carriage advanced. I > couldn't find anything on bitsavers about this creature, but I used one > in the early 70s.</Pedant> > > --Chuck >
