Types of Printer

 

On the Basis of printing method                                                                      On the Basis of printing technology

Character Printer                Line Printer          Page printer         Impact Printer                               Nonimpact Printer

a)      On the basis of technology:

On the basis of technology printer can be classified into two types.

i)        Impact

ii)      Non impact

i)        Impact Printer: it uses heads or pins to strike against a ribbon or paper to print the text and information. It produces noise at the time of printing. Hence it is know of noisy printer. It printing quality of impact printer is not so good than nonimpact printer. Usually impact printer is slower than nonimpact printer. It produces only one copy at a time.

Merit:

a)      Impact printer can produce multiple copy of text.

b)      Impact printer is cheaper.

c)       Use in small organization.

Demerit:

a)      Printing quality is lower than nonimpact printer.

b)      It is nosier than nonimpact printer.

c)       It cannot be used tin large organization.

d)      It is slower than nonimpact printer.