Those are still used a lot of work places. Dot matrix printers fucking ruled just because it would piss people off so much if you queued stuff so it would be difficult to tear. Not only that but if someone was next to it you could just scare them by starting a print job due to noise. I think we have 5 or 6 of those at work for recept printing. :tup:
Anyone here ever use a plotter. It was like an ancient inkjet printer almost, but forget pages per minute, more like pages per hour. And usually only 8 Colors for the ones that drew in color, but they were so sweet to watch. It was like watching someone write with a pen really quickly almost.