Okidata Microline 193 GE8251B Wide Carriage Dot Matrix Printer 120V 9-Pin

Okidata Microline 193 GE8251B Wide Carriage Dot Matrix Printer 120V 9-Pin

The Okidata Microline 193 is a wide-carriage 9-pin impact dot matrix printer designed for high-volume continuous-form and multi-part form printing. Built by Oki America under the Okidata brand, the Microline 193 accepts standard-width and wide-format paper up to 15 inches, making it suitable for spreadsheets, invoices, ledger sheets, and other business documents that exceed standard 8.5-inch paper width. This unit carries model/part number GE8251B and was tested functional with a successful test print completed at our facility.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Okidata (Division of OKI America, Inc.)
• Model: Microline 193 (ML193)
• Part/Model Number: GE8251B
• Print Technology: 9-pin impact dot matrix
• Carriage: Wide carriage
• Voltage: 120V AC
• Frequency: 50/60Hz
• Current: 0.4 Amps
• Phase: Single Phase (Phase 1)
• Form Factor: Desktop
• Front panel: LED indicator lights and control buttons visible
• Includes: Printer unit only — no cables, ribbon, or manual unless pictured

Applications

The Okidata Microline series was a mainstay of business computing from the late 1970s through the 1990s, widely used in offices, warehouses, accounting departments, and point-of-sale environments wherever continuous-form, tractor-fed, or multi-part carbon paper documents were required. The wide-carriage variants like the ML193 were particularly popular for printing wide-format accounting ledgers, payroll registers, and shipping manifests. These printers interface via a parallel (Centronics) port and are compatible with DOS-based systems, legacy accounting software, and many industrial and point-of-sale applications that still rely on impact printing today — impact printers remain in active use wherever a physical impression through multi-part forms is needed, such as invoices, work orders, and shipping documents. The Microline 193 is also sought after by collectors and hobbyists maintaining vintage computing setups from the era.