Probably the most cost-effective option is gonna be a used daisy-wheel printer with continuous feed paper.
I’d guess that the fastest — if all one wants is a very fast dead-wood terminal — is probably gonna be some kind of line printer. Apparently some of the late-model IBM line printers were made by a company called Printronix, which is still making printers. One of their printers, the P8C20, can apparently print at 2000 lpm. I can’t find any video of one printing, but here’s a video of an older 1500 lpm printer from them with the sound-isolation cover open. Dunno if it’s running at full speed there, though.
Shit that beats out connecting my 90s serial equipped typewriter to use as a terminal output.
Probably the most cost-effective option is gonna be a used daisy-wheel printer with continuous feed paper.
I’d guess that the fastest — if all one wants is a very fast dead-wood terminal — is probably gonna be some kind of line printer. Apparently some of the late-model IBM line printers were made by a company called Printronix, which is still making printers. One of their printers, the P8C20, can apparently print at 2000 lpm. I can’t find any video of one printing, but here’s a video of an older 1500 lpm printer from them with the sound-isolation cover open. Dunno if it’s running at full speed there, though.
I agree, and perhaps some deep diving to find an older dot matrix printer? Should be supremely hackable. I only have experience with these:
Next-gen teletypes
They were extremely durable and low maintenance. Also loud and more stress inducing than a modern SMS notification.
Good times
Last I checked, hospitals around my area still use dot matrix printers, mainly because of carbon copy papers…