- The printer that operates like a type-writer, pressing a type face against page and inked ribbon for printing is Impact printer.
- Impact printer refers to a class of printers that work by banging a head or needle against an ink ribbon to make a mark on the paper.
- Examples: Dot-matrix printers, daisy-wheel printers, and line printers.
- Impact printers tend to be considerably noisier than non impact printers but are useful for multipart forms such as invoices.
