Radio Shack TRS-80 DWP-410 Daisy Wheel Printer 26-1250A Centronics Tandy 120V

Radio Shack TRS-80 DWP-410 Daisy Wheel Printer 26-1250A Centronics Tandy 120V

The Radio Shack TRS-80 DWP-410 is a desktop daisy wheel printer produced by Tandy Corporation and custom manufactured in Japan for sale through Radio Shack stores. It connects via a standard 36-pin Centronics parallel interface and was designed as a letter-quality printer for the TRS-80 line of personal computers. Unlike dot matrix printers of the same era, daisy wheel technology produced fully formed characters by striking a spinning wheel of type elements against a ribbon, resulting in output comparable to an electric typewriter.

Specifications & What's Included

• Catalog Number: 26-1250A
• Model: DWP-410 (TRS-80 Daisy Wheel Printer)
• Manufacturer: Tandy Corporation / Radio Shack, Ft. Worth, TX
• Country of Manufacture: Japan
• Print Technology: Daisy Wheel (letter-quality, fully formed characters)
• Interface: 36-pin Centronics parallel
• Power: 120 VAC, 60 Hz, 1.2 Amps
• Power Switch: Rocker-type (I·On / O·Off) on rear panel
• Fuse: 125V, 2A, ST6 (per rear label)
• Pitch Settings: 10 CPI, 12 CPI, Proportional Spacing (PS) — front-panel switch
• Online/Offline Switch: Front-panel toggle
• Power Indicator: Red LED on front panel
• TEST Mode: Toggle switch on rear/side panel
• UL Listed (Business Equipment)
• Includes: Printer unit and power cord
• Daisy wheel print element, manual, and interface cable not confirmed present — see photos

Applications

The DWP-410 was sold by Radio Shack during the early-to-mid 1980s as a letter-quality output peripheral for the TRS-80 line, including the Model III, Model 4, and Model II. Daisy wheel printers occupied the high end of the personal computer printer market in that era — above dot matrix in print quality and used wherever correspondence-quality output was needed, such as business letters, reports, and word processing. The Centronics parallel interface also made the DWP-410 compatible with other personal computers of the period that supported a parallel port, including early IBM PC compatibles. Daisy wheel technology was largely displaced by laser printers and high-resolution inkjet printers by the late 1980s, making surviving units like this one sought-after collectibles for TRS-80 enthusiasts and vintage computing collections.