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Computer Fundamental MSCH 233 Lecture 6 Printers Printer is an output device which convert data into printed form. The output from a printer is referred to as a print-out. Printers vary in: Cost Speed Print Quality Noise Capability There are two types of printers: Impact printers Non impact printers Impact Printers Impact printers is like a typewriter uses some form of strike-on method to press a carbon or fabric ribbon against paper to create a character Example: Dot-matrix printers Dot-matrix printers Create characters from a rectangular grid of pins. The pins strike against a carbon ribbon to print on paper. Produce low resolution72 or 144 dots per inch (dpi). Slow cheaper than laser Suitable for drafts , and not recommended for reports or books that have a wide audience. Non-impact Printers Non-impact printer is a printer that produce images by methods other than the strike-on methods Examples: Ink-jet Laser Thermal Imagesetters Plotters Ink-jet Printers Operates by projecting small ink droplets onto paper to form the required image. Use color ink. Quite fast, silent, not so expensive as a laser printer Suitable for graphics application. Can expect high quality results when the resolution is 720 dpi Laser Printer Produces at great speed and very high resolution of 600/2400 dpi. Scans the images with a laser beam and transfer it to paper with a special ink power. Colored laser printers are still expensive for home users Reasons it’s preferred by experts: Have wide range of scalable fonts. Emulate different language systems Produce graphics Thermal Printer It use heat, a special kind of paper and electrosensitive methods. Silent and inexpensive some color models cost too much. Less popular than ink-jet and laser printers because they are slow, the paper is expensive an the image deteriorate over time. Imagesetters Produce very high resolution output up to 3540 dpi on paper or microfilm Extremely fast Used in desktop publishing. Too expensive for hom