Question

Difference between a serial printer and a line printer

Answer 1

Answer:                      

Serial printers are connected via the serial (COM) port of the computer. "Non-serial" printers are connected through another interface, such as the parallel port, USB, ADB

Answer 2

Difference between a serial printer and a line printer are as follows -

Serial printer :

• The serial printer is a type of printer which is designed to print in a character by character sequence for the every line present in a whole

text based printout.

• Due to character by character printing this is a slow printer.

On the other hand,

Line printer :

• The line printer is a type of printer which is designed to print in a line by line sequence for the total lines present in a whole text based printout.

• Due to line by line printing,this is a fast printer.