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Different Types of Printers

This document discusses different types of printers including dot matrix printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, 3D printers, and plotters. Dot matrix printers offer basic print quality and strike the paper line by line. Inkjet printers are most common and use liquid ink cartridges to spray ink onto paper. Laser printers create high-quality prints using toner and are often used for color printing in professional settings. 3D printers create physical objects by adding layers of material, while plotters are used to print large scale outputs such as charts, blueprints, and banners.

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Different Types of Printers

This document discusses different types of printers including dot matrix printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, 3D printers, and plotters. Dot matrix printers offer basic print quality and strike the paper line by line. Inkjet printers are most common and use liquid ink cartridges to spray ink onto paper. Laser printers create high-quality prints using toner and are often used for color printing in professional settings. 3D printers create physical objects by adding layers of material, while plotters are used to print large scale outputs such as charts, blueprints, and banners.

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Different types of printers

1. Dot matrix printer

Dot matrix printing is an older impact printer technology for text documents that
strikes the paper one line at a time. Dot matrix printers offer very basic print quality.

(do not need to draw/paste)

2. Inkjet printers

Inkjet printers recreate a digital image by spraying ink onto paper. These are the
most common type of personal printer.

(do not need to


draw/paste)

Uses liquid colours called CARTRIDGE


Advantages Disadvantages
 Low cost.  Slow printing
 Easy to use.  Not good for high volume printing
 Portability  Inaccurate printing sometimes
because of ink bleed
3. Laser printers

Laser printers are used to create high-quality prints by passing a laser beam at a high
speed over a negatively charged drum to define an image. Colour laser printers are
more often found in professional settings.

(do not need to draw/paste)

Users powered colours called TONNERS


Advantages Disadvantages
 High print speed  Machine cost is Expensive
 High quality print outs  Colour tonner is expensive
 Produces vibrant colours  High maintenance cost

4. 3D printers

3 Dimensional printing creates a physical object from a digital file. It works by adding
layer upon layer of material until the print job is complete and the object is whole.
(do not need to draw/paste)

5. Plotter

A plotter is a type of printer that is used to print large scale prints

(do not need to draw/paste)

Applications of Plotters

 Draw charts
 Architectural Blueprints
 Banners and Billboards
 Geographical layouts
 Building plans

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