Non-impact printer
noun
1.
a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
noun
1.
(computing) any printing device in which the images are created without being struck onto the paper, such as a laser printer or ink-jet printer
printer
Any printer, such as a laser printer, ink-jet printer, LED page printer, that prints without striking the paper, unlike a dot matrix printer which hits the paper with small pins. Non-impact printers are quieter than impact printers, and also faster due the lack of moving parts in the print head.
(1995-11-20)
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