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It looks like a regular line printer where the drum keeps spinning. See wikipedia:

>Because the drum carrying the letterforms (characters) remains in constant motion, the strike-and-retreat action of the hammers has to be very fast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_printer




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