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daisy wheel

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daisy wheel
n.
A printing device used in some electric typewriters and printers, consisting of printing characters fixed at the ends of spokes on a wheel.
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Noun1.daisy wheel - a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper
daisywheel printer - a printer that uses a daisy print wheel
wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
Translations
daisy wheel n (on printer) → margherita


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Cited for moderate-risk violations for dust on daisy wheel, unscreened closet door not closed.
In order to access the web you have to have a username and password and I have used the same one since I swapped my old daisy wheel typewriter (or tripe writer as Dai used to call it when he was little) for a computer in the 90s.
You change elevation up front by depressing the spring-loaded blade with any highly specialized finger of your choice, then rotating the notched daisy wheel under it to move the blade higher or lower using any pointed thing that'll fit in the space (pen tip, tiny screwdriver, toothpick, etc.
 
 
 
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