Reply to post: Not a 'thermal' printer...

ZX Printer's American cousin still in use, 34 years after purchase

paulc
WTF?

Not a 'thermal' printer...

it used sparks to blast the silver conductive film off... there was a distinct smell of ozone when using one...

Just had pointy bits that were pulled across the paper on a continuous loop of wire and the printer discharged where each 'pixel' was...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_printing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX_Printer

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