World's second loudest printer

[MrComputerfan]

Interesting Printer.

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

Father: "Hey son, what are you doing with my car?"

Son: "That´s not your car, i´m just printing my homework!"

[bonivus]

Hooray drum line printers!

[purpleravenstar]

I didn't know Detroit Diesel made printers. :-)

[SeberHusky]

How many pages per gallon does it get? 

[OzDracula]

Way cheaper to run and more reliable than today's printers. It still works!

[Nighthawke70]

That's a billing/invoice printer, designed to run for hours on end without attention or even a simple ribbon change. It's designed to run 100% duty cycle for hours on end.

[DoubleM55]

Sounds like two-stroke diesel :)

[OysterLava]

I used to work part time in an office in the evening listening to one of these go non-stop for about an hour and half. I don't miss that job!

[Davejimjr]

runs on diesel?

[MorreskiBear]

After all these years, the "make noise & waste paper" button STILL works!

[ThatBum42]

Now that's a MAN's printer!

[cycleslayer]

hate to hear the 1st loudest one...

[Maker5464]

are you her that thing .It s like broken car.

[the747videoer]

Broken motor? Old printer?

[ply61]

oh shit¡¡¡

no gas station near

and didnt print my work

[mrabudi1]

lol does that run on diesel?

[ky13harbor9]

LOL SO HARD!

[Supersonicguerilla]

Can also cut the bread?

[MicrosoftBratz1234]

if my father bought this printer for home i would reather live in school xD

[form109]

Sounds like a Big Rig Ideling..

[darkpixel65]

Heh.... I used to sit next to one of these.... some days HOURS of green bar reports would pour out... that is to say when it didn't jam and print 100 pages on the same line....

[mrcool180]

shit, does it run on diesel??

[DimensionDude]

@DanielChristy19 that's why I claim it to be the SECOND loudest printer.

[meanmoegel]

@DimensionDude He probably didn't hear you over the noise :)

[MKIIProductions]

Sounds like a powerchoke

[BartManNL]

We had one like this in our school. Old building, wooden floors... It was only allowed to print during breaks, not while any class was busy... The whole building resonated.

But is was fast as heck! We used full-widh paper which was put out at about one page per second!

[briggsjos]

Actually i have the new loudest Printer sitting in my room. >.< it an Epson NX110 and it takes 1-5 minutes to warmup, plus you cant hear anyone over it.

[xiahouyuans]

omg this thing is louder then my car, and my car is a 1997 civic lol

[adape0884frank]

if only they would make them just as durable today.

[fearless7nicku]

My parents said they used to have these at Western Union. Telex printers? in the 1970s.

[udsuresh0t]

V8 engine!

[jocika99]

Auch!

[bzert281]

it used a language similar to postscript. we deployed two of them around 1984.

[bzert281]

I remember programming a mainframe to operate one of these, real-time under the CICS program. The printronix came with an optional "Magnum" controller which allowed you to print huge graphic fonts upside-down, sideways, print barcodes. etc. It was killer for factory floor use.

[sonic1232010]

now this is f**king sad (it prints faster than my printer (hp deskjet 722c)

[lexichronicle2]

@sonic1232010 ha ha ha ha, and mine.

that noise is just unbelievable, seriously, I thought you'd dubbed it on. you'd need ear protection, seriously, to sit in the same room as that

[GentleBen02]

Wow, the cover of the printer is a real noise muffler. No one realizes that until you hear how loud it really is when you lift the cover up and print another copy that it's almost twice as loud. So with the cover down, it's actually quiet, lol. I don't want to know how loud the loudest printer is, lol.

[cfreak99]

i'd love to have that in my appartment. printing some long stuff during the night :D

[1Fedex]

Nice! I worked on a Tally Genicom 6312 last week, not fun to fix (im a technician) nice vid!!

[MechaNintendoMast]

"Meet your doom earthlings!"

"wait...my cannons stuck! I can only this loud sound!"

" You win again Earth"

A WINNER IS YOU!

[xXlccporXx]

wow..! Now i know it runs on a 6040Litres biesel engine!

"Printronix model *6040L running a diagnostic printout."

[808jayhawk]

nice lawn mower! lol

[AIAZISten]

its like the first robot ... in the future every dman AI will die laughing at this

[xXlccporXx]

the printer is power by a car engine

[pille121212]

i think this one needed a tree to print

[fdpricejr]

what is that a car engine

[ethen24]

How many pages per gallon does it get? LOL

[techkid100]

If only this was used in a school, I will be printing of pages of documents in IT lessons to pee of the teacher. I would like that!

[kukloprdos]

My dad had one of these at work back in the day, like a top of the line one that could print a page in about a second, and for obvious reasons they kept it in a separate room from the offices.

[shockleyjacob]

that makes me think, whats the worlds loudest printer!?

[beareater1]

imagine this printing a receipt at a shop :P

[RandoAnonymous]

I used to have a Hercules printer.. Damn thing had it's own sound proof box to put it in.. To bad it was still loud as fuck.. Ahhh the good ol days.

[kirbyyasha]

I want this Printer :)

[jobert512]

LOL that prints fast and louder than my epson LX-300+

[conoba]

Is it running on diesel or gasoline?

[RealyFakeProducions]

Sounds like my step-dad at Thanksgiving!

[hitachi088]

Ohh, i understand now , why it have a cover ... !

LOL

[ciolamorta]

That's why they call this tractor-driven printers :D

[Uberdum05firealarm]

WHAT THE.......................

[schmidtbag]

....so whats the loudest?

[15DjjC13]

fun fact that particular printer runs on a inline v6 producing 231 hp. this is the same engine thats in a 89 jeep tj. this is where they got the styling for the printers cover too.

[AidanHockey34]

Imagine if they used that at the grocery stores in 1970....

"OKAY SIR YOUR TOTAL IS $17.90" -KAKAHHAAAZAAA--

"WHAAAA???"

-KAAAAAAAOAAKAKKAAA-

"$17.90"

-BBLAAAAAHKAA!!!-

-ding!-

have a nice day (:!

[gerbilPROJECT]

o_o

[Anthonyg9]

Yup, this sound is eerily familiar. One of my main duties as a computing consultant in college was to collect VAX reports off of a line printer. I made it a point to NEVER wear loose clothing around that contraption. I valued my personal safety.

[derSchweiz]

sounds like a diesel generator at a construction site

[cdarellanof]

is this a car?

[SpyroTheDragon9972]

lol how many gallons per foot?

[DJVTrans]

Second!?. Holy F****.

[Tuckerx78]

holy shit it sounds like a backhoe

[ChristReignsYouDoNot]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL;

[SupermaxCNC]

It's a line printer. Used a sort of belt that has the characters imprinted on the surface. Many were made from metal. The belt was looped from one side to the other and a motor drove it. Solenoids would press the belt against the ink ribbon as the letter it needed goes past and prints the letter on the paper. They were very fast printers for their time. Mostly seen is large commercial applications.

[JohnyTheDotman]

cool....I can make my dad stay awake all night......

[Res0lut1on]

wow.. and i thought my printer was loud lol

[tx4kurr4]

Diesel? xDD

It sounds like an old tractor!

[hellstudios]

OH MY GOD BURN IT WITH FIRE.

[murfreebear]

Junk lol

[GlorytoTheMany]

Is it a dot-matrix printer? It's pretty fast. However it seems it's especially designed to be so fast.

[astralentity]

omg we had one of those at work for report printing

[CAGamble]

HOLY SHIT

[uiop988]

listen to that engine purr sounds like it needs a new tranny

[isokessu]

HAHAH does it run with diesel?? for real?? wtf xD

[zebidy90]

AHAHA!!

[coffeeandsugar20]

Sounds like my lawnmower. Only my lawnmower can't print documents.

[atari26003]

Woah,

where did you find this dude!

[MikeThaMunsta]

printer that big and loud better be turning lumber into paper... bleaching it... turning chemicals into ink and then printing at 8 thousand DPI... insane!

[saint1997]

Hmm.. diesel indeed. You must have to pay a lot to run that thing! good thing we all use ink!

[rednecksinspace]

What kind of mileage do you get on that thing?

[xXxmidgexXx]

Diesel Powerd Printed 6040 liter

[Racecar564]

that sounds something like a 90's Toshiba hard drive

[Piparkakkumauste]

Fast but so loud.

[Hookedoncollies]

Does that thing run on diesel?

[robrobroberto]

LOL GOOD ONE

[TheGeek1028]

Can it blacksmoke?

[regregex]

Well, these are the type of printer the message "lpt1 on fire" was meant for!

[brunocip]

thank you!

That's all

[monkeyman1140]

You should listen to how loud a chain printer is. I think thats what it is.

[SMGJohn]

Dude thats nothing my grandfather had a DAMN old pc from 1978 it where a server and he had a printer machin from 1977 when i started it you could see the lights blink and that terrible sound heared like my uncle started a tractor and it FUCKING still runs i am just 14 year old and he showed me its big as a car

[6364gg2]

Do u know whats its name is? Perhapes a pdp 11??? (Idk im only 13)

[SMGJohn]

Hehe, nah i whasn't interesed what machin it where just how fucking big and awsome it taked it 10 min to print a 1KM long text paper with informations on, it's a multi printer running on bensin, lol i know but it where good back in those days.

[t0xictreasure]

thats horrible!

[jkeelsnc]

About 8 years ago I worked at a company that still used a printer just like this one to print purchase orders and acknowledgments every morning. :)

[lehrhund]

Whoa, that's awesome in so many levels!

[tombmxcrowley]

lol sounds like it trying to print / engrave on to steel lol

[bikegeekccp]

sounds like a cummins :D

[TetrisMaster512]

My school has something like that, for the fire alarm system.

[cheetawolf]

DIESEL POWERED PRINTER :P

[draculapw]

dot matrix :O

[windoes98se]

how old is it

[DimensionDude]

I'm not sure. I think it's from the early 1990s.

[bobjoe212x]

@DimensionDude i'd imagine more of a early 70s

[DimensionDude]

@bobjoe212x Well, I have the service manual for it, all the drawings are dated about mid 70s if I recall correctly, but the printer was manufactured in the early 90s. I suppose that the design was useful enough to have a long life.

[bhtooefr]

@DimensionDude Mid 70's is right on. AFAICT, this chassis came out with the original P300 in 1974, although this has go faster bits and newer electronics.

Is there a copy of the service manual online? It'd be interesting to read. (I'd like to read the MVP/L150 (the baby Printronix) manual, too, especially as I might be getting an L150.)

[slaterking1000]

Whats the loudist like then lol

[cat333pokemon]

I've used one of those before! The video doesn't lie; they're really loud!

[rortizm]

really???

[cat333pokemon]

Yes. It's at my father's old control room. The only use of the printer was to create a hard copy of the current status of the power plant every five minutes (every 30 seconds when the red Critical flag was raised). It still did its job and didn't need to be upgraded. The regular computer had a laser printer, though.

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

damn! and that´s only the world´s SECOND loudest printer... is there anybody who can make a vid of the loudest printer?

[nlord53]

a little more info you don't really care about... the new ones (P7000 series) are LINE matrix, not dot matrix. They have a "shuttle" the length of the printer that has pins on it and rather than tapping the pins down the line, the whole shuttle taps at once so it prints the whole line at once. That's why they're so fast... very cost efficient if you don't need a really high quality graphic image.

[bhtooefr]

This one's technically a line matrix, as well. (And, the shuttle does move back and forth, just not much.)

And, there's a version of the P7000 for high quality graphics. ;)

[Dms12444]

actually they print graphics just fine.

[nlord53]

These things are made primarily for printing in warehouses and other loud enviroments where it doesn't matter. This one is an old model... they still make and sell these (retail is 5k and up). They are FAST, and built to last. They're pretty impressive to be old school technology... if anyone cares.

[druchivld]

is that thing running on diesel or it just runs on air pressure?

[alexchrisccc]

wow thats really loud.

[DRNEGOLICIS]

sounds like my lawnmower when i ran it without oil for 2hours before it blew up i but that thing is fast for a dot matrix

[dracosilv]

Jezus.... I thought it was loud at first... I got scared shitless when the guy opened the case and ran the diagnostic... MAN THAT THING IS L O U D!

[magicianspirit]

Those ridiculously loud printers weren't so long ago. I remember at the hospital where my mom worked they kept the printer in a sound-muffling case to cut down on some of he noise. It was still loud!!

[sunossolaris]

Wow... A truck engine...

[dbalexamiga]

So whats running this thing? Some old computer I imagine... PDP?

Sounds cool though! :-)

[1mile2go]

and they cost about $6,000.00 back in 1982

[liquidoxygen0]

It sounds like a lorry when you first turn on the engine.

[mast3rm00se]

Dircetly when the sond started i automaticly yelled "For fucks sake turn the PS3 off" :P

[winxtremetube]

please dont swear

[VideyoJunkei]

I'd like to think it was a little quieter new...

[DimensionDude]

It was quieter, but only because it had a sound deadening cabinet around it.

[Dr4conian]

sounds like my lawnmower

[cmarlow480]

LOL sounds like the RECIPT printers at Walmart LOLOLOL

[keneblayon45344]

Only scaled up 80%.

[cmarlow480]

hahaha yeah its like a walmart printer but 80 % bigger LOL

[EdmDude]

Briggs & Stratton powered...

[XboxNerd08]

prob is lolz :-)

[BlastedToast]

I think that's as loud as three blenders running at the same time in one room!

[Abercr0mbie4life]

is that a V6 in there?

[Intosia]

haha yeah i was like wtf :D

[igKNIGHTer]

V6 on diesel fuel probably...

[douro20]

For a long time these were as fast as dot-matrix printers could get. 600-800LPM in draft mode if I remember right.

[sparky4444444444444]

dam that is loud but amazing ^^

[HelloNewYorkCity]

My God thats noisy!!!!! Thats the sound that a million HP Printers would make!

[LargePizzaDelivery]

...sound like a friggen engine with no oil!

[thomasking55]

Why so loud? How does it differ to a dot matrix?

[DimensionDude]

It is a dot matrix printer. It has 40 "dot hammers" in one long row on a shuttle that oscillates (cam driven) from side to side. Each hammer can print in 3 different positions; left, center, right. It builds each printed character from top to bottom, one dot at a time. The rhythmic roaring sound is the shuttle.

[tylerGo1]

OMG that sounds like its something that should be used in a mine to mine dimonds, not print labeles.

Sounds like it runs on gas.

[SkipW]

oh, the old printronix line printer what about 1980 I shipped hundreds at NBI @ it weighed about 250# with the stand

[DimensionDude]

This particular printer was used where I work for several years to print labels, approximately 1500 per 8 hour shift.