Printers

A Printer

Printers:

1.      The first printer was developed by Charles Babbage in the 1800s,

2.      It works like a type-writer so it works very slowly.

3.      The first high-speed printer was developed by Remington-Rand in 1953.

4.      A printer is an output device.

5.      Printers are one of the most useful devices.

6.      It produces hard-copy on paper, cloth or plastic.

7.      A printer takes electronic data stored on a computer or other device and makes a hard copy of it.

8.      For example, if you created a report on your computer, you could print several copies to hand out at a staff meeting.

9.      Depending upon the operation, printers are divided between two groups.

a)      Impact Printers

b)      Non-impact Printers

10.   Below is a list of different types of computer printers:

                                        i.          3D Printer

                                       ii.          AIO (all-in-one) Printer

                                     iii.          LED Printer

                                     iv.          Thermal Printer

                                       v.          Dot Matrix Printer

                                     vi.          MFP (Multi-function Printer)

                                    vii.          Inkjet Printer

                                   viii.         Laser Printer

                                     ix.          Plotter

Classification of Printer