MultiImpact 201MX

In December 1997, NEC announced three printers that were the first domestic dot-impact printers to support USB connections. With the addition of these models, all major NEC printers, including its color inkjet printers and page printers, offered USB support. The three models were the MultiImpact 700XX (maximum print speed of 240 Japanese characters per second), a high-speed printer with a horizontal sheet feeder so it could print on eight duplicate forms, the MultiImpact 700JX (maximum print speed of 174 Japanese characters per second), a consumer model, and the MultiImpact 201MX (maximum print speed of 144 Japanese characters per second), which featured a round sheet feeder.