Question

what is impact and non impact printer?

Answer 1

Impact Printer :- Impact printer refers to a class of printers that work by banging a head or needle against an ink ribbon to make a mark on the paper . This includes dot-matrix printers, daisy-wheel printers, and line printers. In contrast, laser and ink-jet printers are nonimpact printers.The distinction is important because impact printers tend to be considerably noisier than nonimpact printers but are useful for multipart forms such as invoices.

Non-impact Printer:- A printer that prints without banging a ribbon onto paper. 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.

Following are some non-impacted printers.

Ink-jet printers

Laser printers

Answer 2

$\huge \text{Impact\: Printer}$

➜ Impact Printers forms characters by striking mechanism such as print hammer (or wheel) against an ink ribbon, leaving its impression on the paper.

➜ In impact printers, the print head mechanism strikes an inked ribbon located between the print head and the paper.

$\huge \text{Non\: Impact\: Printer}$

➜ Non Impact Printer is a type of printer that does not operate by striking a head against a ribbon.

➜ With non impact printers, the print head does not make contact with the paper, and no inked ribbon is necessary.