noun
chain printer
A type of impact line printer that uses a rotating chain with type slugs; mainly a historical computing term.
昔の大型コンピューターでは、チェーン印字装置がよく使われていた。
Chain printers were often used with old mainframe computers.
A broader term for line printers; a chain printer is one specific type of line printer.
Compound of チェーン (chain) + 印字 (printing) + 装置 (device), a calque of English 'chain printer'.