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.

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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

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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

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Definitions

• Auto Print
• CMY
• Coated Paper Stock
• Digital Printer
• Dot Matrix
• DPI

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Definitions

• Dye Sublimation
• Flash Memory
• Ink Jet
• JPEG