Pin Printers

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From: Krishna Tateneni
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:35

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My friend Bob's printer broke down and he had to buy a new one. I was
allegedly helping him select one, when he popped this rather weird
question: Why do they have 9-pin and 24-pin printers, but not 18 or
20-pin printers?

I'm at a loss here. I think the 9 pins were probably the minimum
needed to produce decent quality text. But why 24 rather than 18 or 20
or even 22?

If you have an answer to this question, I'm curious to hear about
it... please respond to tateneni.1@osu.edu

I appreciate your help...

krishna

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