Non impact printer defination | types of non impact printer

In this post Non-Impact printer are explain in detail. Printers are the devices that produce hard copy output on different types of paper.

Printer Types

There is divided into two parts. Types are following :-

1. Impact Printers

Character Printer 

1. Dot Matrix Printer
2. Daisy Wheel Printer

Line Printer 

1. Chain Printer
2. Drum Printer

2. Non-Impact Printer

1. Inkjet Printer (Line Printer)

2. Laser Printer (Page Printer)

Impact Printer

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Non-Impact Printer

Non-impact printers print without any physical contact with the paper. Non- impact printers belonging to this category generally print by using heat, pressure, or laser technology.

Non-impact printers have greater resolutions and speed as compared to impact printers. The most important property, which is not available in impact printers, is that they can print colored outputs. The commonly used non-impact printers are following :-

1. Inkjet Printer ( Line Printer )
2. Laser Printer ( Page Printer )

Inkjet Printer(Line Printer)

• These printers contain cartridges of liquid ink.
• Separate cartridges are used for black and colored inks. 
• These cartridges are arranged in a print head that contains tiny holes to spray the ink.
• When the print command is fired, the printer sends information signals to printer head. These signals helps the head sprays ink drops on the paper.
• The ink of the inkjet printer is manufactured in such a manner that the paper quickly absorbs it.
• These printers are considered as best printers to be used with personal computers.
• They offer good quality in lesser cost.
• They are capable of printing photo quality images.
• The needs only 3 or 4 primary colors to create thousands of colors.
• In starting days cost of these printers is very low but running cost of these printers is very high, as their cartridges cost a lot.

Laser Printer (Page Printer)

• Laser printers are the other popular type of non-impact printers, which use laser and heating technologies to print.
• The main advantages of laser printer is speed. It can print one page at a time. So that's why it is also known as page printer.
• Laser printers provide a combination of high speed and best quality along with very low cost of printing.
• In laser printers, a head fires a laser on the drum to draw an inverted image on the paper. When drum draw inverted image after this the paper is passed through a heater, which fixes the ink on the paper.
• The laser printers speed ranges from 12 to 25 pages per minute.
• Where the cartridge of inkjet printer provides few hundred prints depending upon the type of the prints, the laser printer can produce thousands of prints from a single toner of dry ink.
• The feature of their fast printing speed, laser printers are popular for use in both the office and the home.
• The standard resolution of laser printer is 600 dots per inch. 
• This resolution is sufficient for normal everyday printing including small desktop publishing jobs.
• Inkjet printers they are slower than laser printers. 

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