Typical panting
speed
‘The laser printer isthe
fastest of al printers,
with some industrial
models reaching 209
pages per minute
(ppm! and office
printers achieving
around 50 ppen.
Standard inkjo
printers can usaity
print around 15-20
‘ppm in black ane
‘white, but eolour
speedtsare a bit
slower
Very slow comparnd
with othe printers
‘The the per page
to paint s quite stow.
because a much targer
asa needs tobe
covered.
‘Typical ‘laser printer is likietarintersarethe | Theseused tobe | Plotiersace the most
purchasiectst | typically twice the cost | cheapest! all printers | verychuap, butane | expensietypre of primer
olaninketprinter — | available, burthey | nawmareexpensive | due'to theirphysical slew
with similar features. | vary depending on | than an inkjet printer | and the need ta cape
the featuresthatare | because theyare not | with large sheets of
included mass produced. paper
‘Typical running, | Although toner Inkjot cartridges Verylow as the ink | The running costs are the
st cartridges are more | vary in price and ribbon lasts or along, | sams asinkjet printers,
expensive thaminkjet | ‘eompatibie’ versions | time: bute! course per age
cartridges, they lasta_ | canbe purchased costs are higher because
lotlongerand so the | move cheaply than the page sans are
cost per page is less | original manufactures taryer LED plotters have
thamother printers | versions cheaper running costs
than inet plotters,
CoKWur ‘Most are monochrome | Almost all inkjet Wiswery rare to find Plotters can print i
bait colour baser péinterscanprintin | adotmatrixprinter | colour,
printers-areavailable. | eblour, that ses colouied
ribbons.
Quality The highest quaity of | Areasanably good — | Qualityis usually —_| Same lssues asinket
all printers dueto the | quality.butink can | poor due tothe printers, but il pens ase
way it melts oneeand | show through thin | bitmapped natureot | used ther the quality of
attracts ittothe page | paper andsmudges | printing characters | tine drawings is high.
can occur,
Typical uses | Letters, tutk printing, | Photographs, charts, | invoicezar receipts. | Architectural drawings,
general office and small maps,genens | requiringduplicate | large maps, canvas prints
home printing. office aid hore or triplicate pacer, | and signs
printing, automated teller
machines (ATAs},
(pola cf ce ayers,
data logging, bot and
dusty ervironenents,
Table 2,01-Diflerent types of printer.
‘Scanner
‘Ascanier Is used to capture two dimensional (20)
documents in the form ot an image. Mey perform a
simvlar furction toa digital camera but are spacticlly
designed to take close-up irvagees ol 20 decuirments. Flat:
bed scanners can capture afllscalaur knage and save
the image 52 Me-on thecompurirs storage. the image
contains lots of text, then it posuible to run optical,