Impact dot print head and printer including same

An impact dot printer, comprising an impact dot print head including a plurality of lever means mounted in the print head biased towards a print position, a print wire mounted on the free end of each lever means, a plunger mounted to said lever means, a permanent magnet for attracting said plunger to a stand-by position, electromagnetic means associated with a respective lever means to cancel the attractive force of the permanent magnet to permit the print wire to be displaced towards said print position and stopper means for restricting the displacement of said lever means as it returns to the at rest position so that the lever means impacts the stopper means before the plunger contacts the electromagnet means, said stopper means including a metallic layer, a resin film layer on one surface of the metallic layer, and a rubber layer on the opposite surface of the metallic layer.