Although the daisy wheel principle is basically inappropriate for printing bitmap graphics, there were attempts to enable them to do so.
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"' Daisy wheel printing "'is an impact printing technology invented in 1969 by David S . Lee at Diablo Data Systems.
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These were later replaced by application-specific daisy wheel printers, first developed by Diablo, which became a Xerox company, and later by Qume.
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The daisy wheel and Selectric-based printers offered the advantage that the typeface was readily changeable by the user to accommodate varying needs.
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The typewriter industry followed this trend shortly afterward, and even IBM replaced their Selectric lineup with the daisy wheel-based " Wheelwriter " series.
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Reverse video was an on-screen reminder to the user and was never printed, while the other effects were printed, except on daisy wheel printers.
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During the 1980s, Royal also produced consumer daisy wheel printers like the Royal LetterMaster and Royal OfficeMaster 2000, the former being a cheaper model.
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Because of its low cost at the time, the daisy wheel printer became the most successful, the method used by Diablo, Qume, Brother and Apple.
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However it would require a specialised daisy wheel so printing of a letter and letterhead would require a two-step process with a manual wheel change in-between.
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Ninety dollars a day for daisy wheels for a person who makes $ 2 an hour ( what I figure I make ) is pretty ugly.
