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Types of Printers

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Ú Introduction
Ú In computing, a printer is a device which produces a hard
copy (permanent readable text) of documents stored in
electronic form.
Ú Printing is the art of moving ink from one place to another.
Ú Printer print information and data from the computer onto
a paper.
Ú The printer prints 80 or 132 columns of character in each
line.
Ú The quality of printer is determined by how detailed a
print it can produce.
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Ú Introduction
Ú Impact printers print an entire line in a single operation, such
printer are know as 6  .
Ú Impact printer are the oldest printing technology and are still
use.
Ú The printing of characters depends on the method used in
these printers.
Ú The impact printer are very noisy.
Ú The three most commonly used impact printer are:
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DOT MATRIX PRINT R
Ú Introduction
Ú It is also know as wire matrix printer.
Ú Dot matrix printer can print any shape of character, which a
user can specify.
Ú The speed of Dot matrix printer is measured in Æ Æ
Æ(cps).
Ú The print quality is determined by the
numbers of pins (mechanisms that print
the dots).
DAIY WH L PRINT R
Ú Introduction
Ú Daisy wheel printers use an impact printing technology
invented in 1969 by David . Lee at Diablo Data ystems
Ú It produce high-resolution output and more reliable than dot
matrix printer
Ú These printers have print heads composed of metallic or
plastic wheels.
DRUM PRINT R
Ú Introduction
Ú Its printing speed varies from 150 lines to 2500 lines per
minute with 96 to 160 characters on 15-inch line.
Ú Drum printer have high speed of printing, they are very
expensive and it character fonts cannot be changed.

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Ú Introduction.
Ú Non-impact printer forms characters and images without
making direct physical contact between printing mechanism
and paper.
Ú Non-impact printers are faster than impact printers because
they have fewer moving parts.
Ú These printers produce high quality graphics.
Ú The major technologies competing in non-impact market are:
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IN-J T PRINT R
Ú Introduction
Ú The most common types of printer found in homes today is
the ink-jet printer.
Ú Being a non-impact printer, it does not touch the paper while
creating an image. Instead, it uses a series of nozzles to spray
drops of ink directly onto the paper.
Ú Inkjet were originally manufactured to print
in monochrome (black and white) only.
LA R PRINT R
Ú Introduction
Ú It is also know as  , because they process and store
the entire page before they actually print it.
Ú A laser printer provides the highest quality text and images for
personal computer today.
Ú It is very fast printer, which operates on the same principle as
that of photocopy machine.
Ú It work by a rotating mirror inside the
Printer causes the beam of a laser to
weep across the photoconductive drum.

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