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Printer Types. Ball Printer-Impact type- Uses a round ball with raised characters. Chain Printer- Impact Type- Uses a character slug attached to a chain Daisy Wheel Printer- Impact Type- Uses a round wheel with characters. Printer Types.
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Printer Types • Ball Printer-Impact type- Uses a round ball with raised characters. • Chain Printer- Impact Type- Uses a character slug attached to a chain • Daisy Wheel Printer- Impact Type- Uses a round wheel with characters.
Printer Types • Dot Matrix Printers- Impact type- Uses a series of pins to strike a ribbon. Normally 9 pin or 24 pin.The most versatile of the impact printers • Line Dot Matrix Printer- Impact type- One line at a time
Printer Types- The New Breed • Ink Jet Printer- Non Impact- tiny ink droplets sprayed onto the paper • Laser Printer- Non Impact-Uses laser beam to form image- Similar to photo-copier • Laser Beam Printer- Non Impact- Same as laser printer • LED Printer- Non Impact- Uses LED instead of Laser
Definitions • Auto Print • CMY • Coated Paper Stock • Digital Printer • Dot Matrix • DPI
Definitions • Dye Sublimation • Flash Memory • Ink Jet • JPEG