What are the different types of Printers?
Answers
1. inkjet printer
2. laser printer
3. thermal printer
4. dot matrix printer
5. flat bed printer
Answer:
Types of printers.
Explanation:
Two types:
1) Impact printers.
2) Non-Impact printers.
Impact printers
An impact printer makes contact with the paper. It usually forms the print image by pressing an inked ribbon against the paper using a hammer or pins. The following are some examples of impact printers.
Dot-Matrix Printers
The dot-matrix printer uses print heads containing from 9 to 24 pins. These pins produce patterns of dots on the paper to form the individual characters. The 24 pin dot-matrix printer produces more dots that a 9 pin dot-matrix printer, which results in much better quality and clearer characters
Daisy-wheel printers
In order to get the quality of type found on typewriters, a daisy-wheel impact printer can be used. It is called daisy-wheel printer because the print mechanism looks like a daisy; at the end of each “Petal” is a fully formed character that produces the solid-line print.
Non-impact printers
Non-impact printers do not use a striking device to produce characters on the paper, and because these printers do not hammer against the paper they are much quieter. The following are some non-impacted printers.
Ink-jet printers
Ink-jet printers work in the same fashion as dot-matrix printers in the form of images or characters with little dots. However, the dots are formed by tiny droplets of ink.
Laser printers
A laser printer works like a photocopy machine. Laser printers produce images on paper by directing a laser beam at a mirror which bounces the beam onto a drum. The drum has a special coating on it to which toner (an ink powder) sticks.