Printing & Publishing · Recorded milestone
Dot-matrix printer
Recorded year1968
OKI's Wiredot hammers tiny pins through an inked ribbon to build letters from dots; printers like it spread to offices and home computers.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.