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What are the advantages and disadvantages of dot-matrix printers?

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The advantages are:

low purchase cost.
can handle multipart forms.
cheap to operate, just new ribbons.
rugged and low repair cost.

The disadvantages are:

noisy.
low resolution. You can see the dots making up each character.
Not all can do colour.
Colour looks faded and streaky.

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