From: charlie@xxx.net   
      
   On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 10:27:17 -0400, ABLE1  wrote as   
   underneath :   
      
   >Hello,   
   >   
   >Just curious as to how a Dot Matrix printer moves the ink from   
   >a storage tank to the print head.  I am referring to a printer   
   >such as a Epson Eco Tank Printer.  It is NOT Gravity!!   
   >   
   >Is it some sort of pump or some other technology that moves the   
   >ink to the print head??   
   >   
   >Trying to search online only gives me how to clean print heads   
   >and tubing but no mention of how the ink is forced to the heads.   
   >   
   >Thanks for any small hints.   
   >   
   >Les   
      
   AFAIR in the 70s and 80s for all dot-matrix printers we used pre-inked   
   ribbons that eventually dried out and had to be repleced, noisy things!   
   C+   
      
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