Definition and Types of Printers

The printer is a hardware device that is connected to the output of the computer to display a document in hard copy (print) in the form of text and pictures / graphics on a paper, plastic or cloth and others sejesinya with the term resolution called DPI (Dots Per Inch) maksudnyaadalah large number of points in the area of ​​one (1) inch.

The printer is located separately with other devices such as a monitor or CPU, and can be connected via a USB cable or a particular network. Unlike the case with monitors that also as a tool that generates output in the form of mold that are intangible and can only be viewed and perceived by the user, while the printer prints a physical form of a document that can be touched.

Prints produced by printers varies depending on the setting and regular also influenced by the brand or type of printer. To produce good prints then the resolution should be high and vice versa. 

Types of Printers

 1. Inkjet Printer

Inkjet printer is a printer that uses ink to print quality prints pretty good average depending on the brand and type of printer. This inkjet printers generally use a type of dye ink which is kind of excess ink with a perfect color printouts but quickly faded and less resistant to weather changes. Other types of inks are pigment inks that have characteristics not fade quickly, not quickly fade when exposed to the sun, drying time of ink on print media faster than the dye ink prints color but not as good as dye inks.


2. Printers Laser Jet

Laset jet printer type is the type of printer ink printing method that is commonly called a powder or toner by using infrared devices. besides prints better than the dot metrix printer type and ink jet, laser jet printers also have a high printing speed and print the results were also dry faster as in the print on the photo copy machine.


3. Printers Dot Matrix

Printer Types Dot Metrics is a method of printing using a printer ribbon. The resulting mold looks like the points are mutually mengubungkan one another, so that the printout is less smooth and less good. historically this type of printer dot metrix initially using a 9 pin, which means in the letter will be printed with a combination of 9 points, then increasingly evolved into a 24-pin and of course with so prints will be much smoother. type of dot metrix printer manufacturers are quite famous is the Epson, the Epson LX products - 300, espson LX 800 and others.
 
 

 

 
 
 

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