---
title: "ZX Printer"
id: 26104
type: "product"
slug: "zx-printer"
url: "http://localhost/product/zx-printer/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/product/zx-printer.md"
published_at: "2020-08-08T22:00:03+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T13:13:10+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ZX-Printer-catalog-photo.jpg"
excerpt: "Designed exclusively for use with the ZX81 (and ZX80 with 8K BASIC ROM), the printer offers full alphanumerics and highly sophisticated graphics. COPY command prints out exactly what is on the whole TV screen. Printing speed is 50 characters per second, with 32 characters per line and 9 lines per vertical inch."
category:
  - name: "Printer"
    slug: "printer"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/hardware/printer/"
post_tag:
  - name: "Gladstone Electronics"
    slug: "gladstone-electronics"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/gladstone-electronics/"
  - name: "Sinclair Research Ltd."
    slug: "sinclair-research-ltd"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/sinclair-research-ltd/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
  - name: "ZX80"
    slug: "zx80"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/zx80/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX80"
    slug: "zx80"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/zx80/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
genre:
  - name: "Hardware"
    slug: "hardware"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/hardware/"
  - name: "Printer"
    slug: "printer"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/printer/"
company:
  id: 11292
  title: "Sinclair Research Ltd."
  type: "company"
  url: "http://localhost/company/sinclair-research-ltd/"
price: 99.95
date: 1982
rarity: "Uncommon"
related_content:
  - id: 35687
    title: "Gladstone Electronics February 1983 catalog"
    type: "document"
    url: "http://localhost/document/gladstone-electronics-february-1983-catalog/"
companies_products:
  - id: 10902
    title: "Gladstone Electronics"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/gladstone-electronics/"
---

# ZX Printer

Designed exclusively for use with the ZX81 (and ZX80 with 8K BASIC ROM), the printer offers full alphanumerics and highly sophisticated graphics.

COPY command prints out exactly what is on the whole TV screen.

Printing speed is 50 characters per second, with 32 characters per line and 9 lines per vertical inch.

![Image](http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ZX-Printer-300x225.jpg)