Printers and there types

Printer Speed

The speed of a printer is measured in:- CPS - Characters Per Second LPS - Lines per minute PPM - Page per minute

Dot matrix printer

- Works like a typewriter, transfer ink from ribbon to paper with a series or matrix of tiny pins -Dot matrix printers form characters using row(s) of pins, 9,18 or 24, which impact the ribbon on top of the paper - They are also call pin printers. more pins print clearer characters - Bi-directional - prints left to right and also left to right - Tractor feed - uses sprackets to pul continious feed paper - Friction feed - uses pressure to pull single sheet - Advantage: Inexpensive and can do multi-copy printing - Disadvantage: Slow, Loud, low quality graphics

Characteristics of Non-impact printer

- Uses toner, ink or heat for printing - Silent - Fast - High quality printing - Expensive

Type of Impact printers

- Dot Matrix printer - Daisy wheel printer - Line Printer

Type of Non-Impact printers

- Laser printer - Ink jet printer - Thermal printer

Line printers

- Normally used by mainframes or mini computers to print bills, forms and reports - Print 1 line at a time - Print 3000 lines per minute - Two types: Chain or Band - Advantage: Very fast up to 3000 LPM lines per minute - Disadvantage: Very Expensive, Loud

Printers

- Printer takes the information from your computer and transfer it to paper - produces a hard copy. - Printers are hard copy output device - It is used to print character symbols of graphics on paper - There are many different type of printer with various level of quality and speed - The speed of a printer is measured in:- CPS - Characters Per Second LPS - Lines per minute PPM - Page per minute - Cost of printer is dependent on the speed of the printing

Characteristics of Impact printers

- Use a striking mechanism for printing - Make noise during printing - Slow -Low quality printing - Cheap or inexpensive

Printer Cost

Cost of printer is dependent on the speed of the printing

Types of printers

Impact printer and none impact printers

Daisy Wheel Printers

TYPE OF IMPACT PRINTER THAT USES A PRINTHEAD THAT CONTAINS RAISED CHARACTERS ON ITS PEDASTAL