Impact printer that prints an entire line at a time Can print only predefined style that is embossed on drum Can not print images and different font styles Cannot be used for color printing ID: 1031245
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1. 4. Printer
2. 4.1 Drum PrinterImpact printer that prints an entire line at a time.Can print only predefined style that is embossed on drum.Can not print images and different font styles.Cannot be used for color printing.Speed: 300-2000 lines per minute
3. 4.2 Chain PrinterImpact printer that prints one line printer at a time.can be used to print different font styles and languages.Can not print graphics.Speed: 400-3000 lines per minute
4. 4.3 Laser PrinterNon-Impact printer that prints one page at a time.Produces very high quality output.Can print graphics such as charts, graphs and any shape that a program can describe.Can be used for color printing.Very high speed 500-1000 pages per minute.
5. Working of Laser Printer
6. 4.4 Dot Matrix Printer Serial impact printersEach character is printed in the form of dots.Printing quality is not very good.General graphics like pie charts can be printed.Speed: 30-600 characters per second.Not expensive
7. 4.5 Daisy Wheel PrinterSerial impact printerCan not print graphics.Very slow, 30-80 characters per second.Used where amount of data to be printed is less.Text justification, boldface, centering, uppercase and lowercase is possible.
8. 4.6 Thermal PrinterSerial non impact printers.Print head convert electricity into heat.Special heat sensitive paper is required.
9. 4.7 Inkjet PrinterNon-impact character printers.Print characters by spraying electrically charged small drops of ink on paper.Color printing is possible.40-300 characters per second.
10. 5. PlotterUsed to print images on large piece of paper .For printing large, complicated drawing that takes several hours to print.Fast and cheap to use.Two common types: drum plotter and flat bed plotter.