Transcript F03.ppt

Printer Types
• Ball Printer-Impact type- Uses a round ball
with raised characters.
• Chain Printer- Impact Type- Uses a
character slug attached to a chain
• Daisy Wheel Printer- Impact Type- Uses a
round wheel with characters.
Printer Types
• Dot Matrix Printers- Impact type- Uses a
series of pins to strike a ribbon. Normally 9
pin or 24 pin.The most versatile of the
impact printers
• Line Dot Matrix Printer- Impact type- One
line at a time
Printer Types- The New Breed
• Ink Jet Printer- Non Impact- tiny ink
droplets sprayed onto the paper
• Laser Printer- Non Impact-Uses laser beam
to form image- Similar to photo-copier
• Laser Beam Printer- Non Impact- Same as
laser printer
• LED Printer- Non Impact- Uses LED
instead of Laser
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Auto Print
CMY
Coated Paper Stock
Digital Printer
Dot Matrix
DPI
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Dye Sublimation
Flash Memory
Ink Jet
JPEG