Printer

its types, working and

usefulness

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 What is a printer?
 An external hardware device responsible for taking computer
data and generating a hard copy of that data.
 Printers are one of the most commonly used peripherals and
they print text and still images on the paper.
 Slow processing device.
 Spooling” is the computing term for a method of copying data
from one device to another when the speed of one device is
considerably greater than another.
 print spooling.
 simultaneous peripheral operations online.
 processed in FIFO manner

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 Printers

Impact Printers Non-Impact Printers

Daisy Dot- Inkjet Thermal Laser

wheel Matrix

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 “Impact Printer”
 These printers have a
mechanism that touches the
paper to create an image.
 These printers work by
banging a print head
containing a number of
metal pins which strike an
inked ribbon placed between
the print head and the paper.
An impact printer showing
details of print head.sss

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 Working
 when the printer receives data, a logic board on the printer
interprets the data and generates a series of electrical impulses.

 These impulses travel to the print head, where an

electromagnet converts them to physical movement of a print
head the print head moves a series of pins.

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 “Non-Impact Printers”
 These printers create an
image on the print medium
without the use of force.


 They don’t touch the paper

while creating an image.


 Non-impact printers are

much quieter than impact A non-impact printer
printers as they don’t strike
the paper.
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 “Dot Matrix Printer”
 Dot Matrix were 1st introduced
in 1970.
 The term dot matrix refers to the
process of placing dots to form
an image.
 create an image on paper
by striking pins against an inked
ribbon.
 ink is transferred to the paper as
closely shaped dots that form
each character.

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 Dot Matrix Printer
 The head is made up of tiny metal pins,
driven by electromagnets, which strike
a carbon ribbon called an"
 inked ribbon
 Printer can push any of the pins out in
any combination.

 By pushing out pins in various

combinations, the print head can create
alphanumeric characters

 more pins, the better the print quality.

 24-pin dot matrix printers can print
at near letter-quality.
 Its speed is usually 30 to 550 characters 8
How Image is Created

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“Advantages/Dis-advatages
of Dot-Matrix”
 Advantages:
 (1) In-expensive.
 (2) Low per page cost.
 (3) Energy efficient.
 Dis-advantages:
 (1) Noisy
 (2) Limited fonts flexibility
 (3) Poor quality graphics output.

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 “Daisy Wheel Printer”

 A daisy wheel printer is

basically an impact printer
consisting of a wheel and
attached extensions which is
called” Petal”on which molded
characters are mounted.

 Wheel rotates rapidly with the

help of a motor and pauses to
allow the printing hammer to
strike the character against the
paper.
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 Daisy Wheel Printer
 print only characters
and symbols and
cannot print
graphics.
 They are generally
slow
 printing speed of
about 10 to 75
characters per
second
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 Line Printers
 The alternative to dot matrix printing is sometimes known as
a line printer
 Special type of impact printer.
 Uses a special wide print head that can print an entire line of
text at one time
 Do not offer high resolution but are incredibly fast;
 Fastest can print 3,000 lines of text per minute.

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Line Printers

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 “Ink-Jet Printer”
 Inkjet printers were really an
evolution of dot-matrix printers.

 Instead of metal needles, they use

hundreds of tiny guns or nozzles
to fire dots of ink at the paper.
 300 or 600 tiny nozzles
 Each one is only thick as a
human hair!

 The characters they print are still

made up of dots, just like in a
dot-matrix printer, but the dots
are so very tiny that you cannot
see them
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Ink-Jet Printer working

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 Ink-Jet Printer
 Speed measured in pages per minute (ppm)
 Quality expressed as dots per inch (dpi)
 Resolution 300dpi.

 Expensive replacement of ink-cartridges.

 Printing speed is not fast as laser printer
 Health hazards

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 Thermal Printer
 Thermal printers are in-expensive
printers mostly used in fax
machines.
 uses in businesses and stores.

 uses heat to register an

impression on paper.

 thermal printer has a print

head containing many small A fax machine using a thermal
resistive heating pins . printer
 Uses a heat sensitive ribbon
that contains wax-based
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 Thermal Printer
 Heat is applied to the ribbon using a thermal print head that
melts the ink transferring it to the paper where it is permanent
after it cools.
 Microprocessor determines which individual heating pins are
heated to produce the printed image.
 Ribbon have replaced frequently to continue printing at a high
quality.
 print bar codes, labels, price tags,

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Thermal Printer

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 “Laser Printer”
 Laser printers use very
advanced technology
and produce a high
quality output.
 Laser printers can also
produce high quality
graphics images.
 Resolution is 600 to
1200dpi.

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Laser Printer

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 Laser Printer
 information is sent to the printer memory, where the data is
stored.
 corona wire is heating up and getting ready to pass its positive
static charge to the drum.
 As the drum (coated metal cylinder) begins to roll, it received
a positive charge across it’s whole surface.
 The laser activates, and beams against a series of mirrors to
reflect across the surface of the drum(s) imprinting the shape
of your print using an opposite negative electrical charge.

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 Laser Printer
 The ink roller slowly releases positively charged toner
particles on to the drum as it turns and the toner is attracted to
any areas of negative charge leaving positively charged areas
of the drum untouched.
 The transfer belt rolls the paper through the printer giving it a
positive charge, and as it passes the drum, the negatively
charged toner is attracted to the page in the shape of print.
 The toner is then melted to the paper by hot rollers called the
fuser unit and page is printed!

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 “Multi-function printer”
 A multi function printer
abbreviated as MFP is
an all purpose device
that prints, faxes,
copies and scans.
 A single multi function
printer can replace
several bulky devices.
 These printers use
inkjet technology and
provide high quality
print but at slow speed.

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 “Printers for different
users”
 To choose a printer from a printer’s family
following considerations are to be made.
 (1) What’s the budget?
 (2) Is color needed or just black& white?
 (3) What is the Volume of the output?
 (4) How important is the quality of the
output?
 (5) What special features are needed?
 (6) Is the printer is to be used by a single
user or a whole network?
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“Printer for Home users”
 For home users, the quality of the print and the price of the
printer both matter. So a better choice in such case is a
portable color Inkjet printer.
 If the budget of the user is good enough then the best choice
is a personal laser printer which enhances both the speed and
quality of the print.

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 “Small and medium
offices”
 For small and medium scale offices a better option is a multi-
function printer which is an integrated device fulfilling various
requirement of the office.
 For better output, a laser printer is the best choice.

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 “Printers for banks, large
business organizations and
companies”
 In banks, large size business environments and
companies printers with networking capabilities
should be preferred which can increase productivity
and reduce the cost without compromising on the
quality.
 Of course laser printer is quite suitable choice but
multi-functional printer and inkjet printer can also
play vital role.

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 “Factors affecting print
 (1) DPI:
quality”
 It is a measurement of printer’s resolution indicating how
many ink dots can be placed by the printer in one square inch.
The higher the DPI, the sharper is image.
 (2) Type of printer:
 Each type of printer has its own capabilities of printing. Some
types of printers produce high quality print while other
produce low quality print.
 (3) Print Mode:
 The printing mode may also affect the quality. For example
the draft mode increases the print rate but quality is reduced.
 (4) Toner:
 The quality and amount of toner also affects print quality.

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