TYPES OF PRINTERS

By:
Kiran Desai
Roll no: 1007
Printer

A device that prints text or

illustrations on paper
 TYPES OF PRINTERS

 There are several major printer technologies available.

 These technologies can be broken down into two
main categories with several types in each,

IMPACT PRINTERS

NON-IMPACT PRINTERS
 IMPACT PRINTERS

 These printers have a mechanism that touches the

paper in order to create an image.
 There are two main impact technologies:

CHARACTER PRINTER (Daisy Wheel)

DOT MATRIX PRINTER

 Daisy Wheel Printer
 Similar to a typewriter.
 Daisy-wheel printers produce letter quality print but
cannot print graphics
 Daisy Wheel Printer
 Mechanism -
o This type of printer has a plastic or metal wheel on which
the shape of each character stands out in relief.
o A hammer presses the wheel against a ribbon, which in
turn makes an ink stain in the shape of the character on the
paper.
 Dot Matrix Printer
 Creates characters by striking pins against an ink ribbon.
 Each pin makes dots, and combinations of dots form
characters and illustrations.
 It has the best cost per page ratio.
 NON-IMPACT PRINTERS
 These printers do not touch the paper when
creating an image.
 There are many printers in this group.
 Some major printers in this group are:

INK JET PRINTERS

LASER PRINTERS
SOLID INK PRINTERS
DYE SUBLIMATION PRINTERS
THERMAL WAX PRINTERS
 Ink-jet Printers
 Sprays ink at a sheet of paper.
 Ink-jet printers produce high-quality text and
graphics.
 Laser Printer
 Laser printers use dry ink (toner), static electricity,
and heat to place and bond the ink onto the paper.
 Produce very high quality text and graphics
 Solid Ink Printer

 Solid ink printers contain sticks of wax-like ink that

are melted and applied to the paper.
 The ink then hardens in place
 Dye Sublimation Printer

 These printers have a long roll of transparent film.

Embedded in this film are solid dyes corresponding to the
four basic colors used in printing: cyan, magenta, yellow
and black (CMYK).
 The print head uses a heating element that varies in
temperature, depending on the amount of a particular
color that needs to be applied.
 The dyes vaporize and permeate the glossy surface of
the paper before they return to solid form.
 The printer does a complete pass over the paper for of
the basic colors, gradually building the image.
Dye Sublimation Printer
 Thermal Wax Printer

 Thermal wax printers are something of a hybrid of

dye-sublimation and solid ink technologies.
 They use a ribbon with alternating CMYK color
bands.
 The ribbon passes in front of a print head that has
a series of tiny heated pins.
 The pins cause the wax to melt and adhere to the
paper, where it hardens in place.
Thermal Wax Printer
 Out of all of these incredible technologies, Inkjet
printers are by far the most popular.

 In fact, the only technology that comes close to Ink-

jet today is Laser printers.