Definition of "letter-quality" [letter-quality]

• Of or producing clear, highly readable, sharply defined printed characters: a letter-quality computer printer; letter-quality output. (adjective)

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• "The downside, of course, is that it seemsimpossible, even giventypicalhigh-quality business printing capability, to create the letter-quality, printed-on-80-pound-stock business cards that are de rigueur in most businesses."
• "Tesler: We didn’t know if some of the things we started would work at all, like the way the dot-matrix printer is used and even the way the letter-quality printer is used to print the graphics."