Computer Basics

Chapter 8

Printers

Impact Printers:

    • Dot Matrix Printer (DMP)-

      Advantages
      1. Inexpensive
      2. Widely Used
      3. Other language characters can be printed

      Disadvantages
      1. Slow Speed
      2. Poor Quality

    • Daisy Wheel-

      Advantages
      1. More reliable than DMP
      2. Better quality
      3. Fonts of character can be easily changed

      Disadvantages
      1. Noisy
      2. Slower than DMP
      3. More expensive than DMP

       

    • Drum Printer-

      Advantages
      1. Very high speed

      Disadvantages
      1. Very expensive
      2. Fonts of character cannot be changed

       

    • Chain Printer-

      Advantages
      1. Character fornts can be easily changed
      2. Different languages can be used with the same printer

      Disadvantages
      1. Noisy

Non-Impact Printers:

  • Leaser Printer-

    Advantages
    1. Very high speed
    2. Very high quality output
    3. Good graphics quality
    4. Supports more fonts & different character size

    Disadvantages
    1. Expensive
    2. Cannot be used to produce multiple copies of a document ina single printing

  • Inkjet Wheel-

    Advantages
    1. High quality printing
    2. More reliable

    Disadvantages
    1. Expensive as the cost per page is high
    2. Slow as compared to laser printer