| Year | Month | Japan |
| 1954 |
10 |
Fujitsu completed the Japan's first practical automatic printer for the FACOM 100 relay computer (printed 60 columns simultaneously). |
| 1959 |
06 |
Oki Electric exhibited a belt printer utilizing the world’s first flying belt at Automath 59. |
| 1960 |
08 |
Fujitsu completed the FACOM 521 high-speed printer, the first commercial printer using a type drum (prints 500 lines/min when using 50-character set). |
| 1961 |
05 |
Oki Electric completed the OKITAC-5093 commercial high-speed printer utilizing a flying belt. |
| 1961 |
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Hitachi completed the H-136 line printer for the HITAC103. |
| 1961 |
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Hitachi completed the H-138/139 line printer for the HITAC201. |
| 1963 |
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Hitachi completed the H-333/335 line printer for the HITAC4010/5020. |
| 1964 |
07 |
NEC completed the N422 high-speed form printer that prints 900 lines/min. |
| 1965 |
05 |
NEC announced the N206A-1, N222-4, and N122A-1 form printers for use with the NEAC Series 2200. |
| 1965 |
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Hitachi announced the 8245/8246 line printers for the HITAC8000 Series. |
| 1966 |
03 |
Fujitsu completed the FACOM 642 line printer, which used a type drum and flag bit control to achieve high-speed printing. (1, 500 lines/min when using 16-character set). |
| 1971 |
11 |
Fujitsu completed the FACOM 647 high-performance line printer, which used the company’s first “Form Stacker” form post-processing mechanism. (1, 890 lines/min when using 16-character set). |
| 1972 |
07 |
Oki Electric completed the OKI ELECTRO PRINTER non-impact ultra high-speed line printer that prints 8, 000 lines/min. |
| 1973 |
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Hitachi completed the A241 line printer for the HITAC 8000 Series. |
| 1974 |
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NTT completed a high-speed line printer that prints 1000 lines/min (with 126-character set) |
| 1975 |
03 |
Fujitsu completed the FACOM 651 line printer, the company’s fastest line printer of type drum type (prints 2, 400 lines/min when using 16-character set). |
| 1975 |
06 |
NEC announced the NB-3000 serial printer, which has a badminton feather shaped head. |
| 1975 |
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Hitachi announced the 8276 and 8277 line printers for the HITAC M Series. |
| 1976 |
03 |
Fujitsu completed the FACOM 650 line printer that used Japan’s first horizontally moving train cartridge to achieve high-speed, high-quality printing (prints 2, 000 lines/min when using 48–character set). |
| 1976 |
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Hitachi completed the H-8141 and H-8142 to create the world’s first 4-model series using the same technology. |
| 1977 |
07 |
NEC announced the N7370 laser beam exposure kanji printer and the N7380 high-speed page printer that prints 21, 000 lines/min. |
| 1977 |
09 |
Fujitsu completed the FACOM 655 low-speed line printer for small size computers that used a newly developed type belt and a printing magnet (prints 340 lines/min when using 62–character set). |
| 1977 |
09 |
Oki Electric completed the DP-100, the company’s first dot line printer. |
| 1977 |
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Hitachi began shipping the H-8191, H-8195, and H-8171, the company’s first laser printers. |
