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What Is A Printer?: The Printer An Output Device That Produces Text and Graphics On Paper

The printer is a device that produces text and graphics on paper. The first computer printer was designed by Charles Babbage in 1837 for his difference engine. There are two main types of printers: impact printers like dot matrix printers that physically touch the paper, and non-impact printers like inkjet and laser printers that create images without touching the paper. Inkjet and laser printers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s. In the future, inkless and 3D printers are expected to play a major role.

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What Is A Printer?: The Printer An Output Device That Produces Text and Graphics On Paper

The printer is a device that produces text and graphics on paper. The first computer printer was designed by Charles Babbage in 1837 for his difference engine. There are two main types of printers: impact printers like dot matrix printers that physically touch the paper, and non-impact printers like inkjet and laser printers that create images without touching the paper. Inkjet and laser printers became popular in the 1970s and 1980s. In the future, inkless and 3D printers are expected to play a major role.

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What is a printer?

* The printer is an output device that


produces text and graphics on paper.
Invention:
* The first computer printer designed by
Charles Babbage for his difference engine
in the 1837.

* The first high-speed printer was


developed by Remigton-Rand in 1953.
Types:
Impact Printers:
* These printers have a mechanism that touches
the paper to create an image.
* These printers are typically loud compare
to others.
EXAMPLE:
• Daisy wheel(1970)
• Dot-matrix(1957)
Non-Impact Printers:
* These printers create an image on the
print medium without the use of force.
* They don’t touch the paper while creating
an image.

EXAMPLE:
• Inkjet printers(1976)
• Thermal printers(1965)
• Laser printers(1969)
Working Image:
Advantage:

• Cost savings and simplified budgets.


• Greater Accessibility.

Disadvantage:
• Expensive replacement ink catridges.
• Printers cannot retain data so,everytime
we want to send a data repeatedly.

KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India


Present Facts:
* In future,Inkless printers and 3D
printers plays a major role in every
place.
* The HP Officejet pro x series can
deleiver high quality professional
documents at up to 70 ppm,It’s
fastest destop printer according to
guiness world records.
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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