Boustrophedonic printer errors?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 28 May 2009 at 13:30, John Foust wrote:
> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon
>>
>> I found "Sometimes computer printers with a typewriter-like 
>> moving type head print boustrophedon if set up wrongly."
>>
>> Which old printers might've done that?
> 
> Just about any of the old daisywheels or dot matrix printers. George 
> Comstock (of Diablo) first acquainted me with the word 
> "boustrophedonic"--"plowing like an ox" many years ago.

I've seen it happen on daisywheels, but I don't even understand how it 
would be possible to happen on a dot-matrix printer.  Can you describe 
what the output looks like?

Peace...  Sridhar