If you’ve got a dot matrix printer ribbon that’s dried up but not yet falling apart, you can always try reinking it. Video after the break. Try another test print and it's working perfectly.

If neither of these tricks solves the problem, you will likely have to replace the print head. Carriage movement but no printing When a dot matrix printer’s carriage moves and the printer makes ...

Used to print multipart forms and address labels ... Also known as a "serial dot matrix printer." The dot matrix printer uses one or two columns of dot hammers that are moved across the paper.

The print job was fired off while we watched with ... There was much whooping and hollering, as there often is when a dot matrix printer screams into life in a suburban household.

Although inkjet and laser printers print in dots, and monitors display dots as well, the term generally refers to images created with serial dot matrix printers. See dot matrix printer.