Chapter

1
Information Technology for
Managers
Session 4
By
Arun Mishra
 Learning Objectives
In this session you will learn about:
• Types of Input Devices
• Functions of Input devices.
• Types of Output devices.
• Functions of output devices.
Input-Output Devices
Input Devices
 Keyboard
• Keyboards are designed for the input of text and
characters and also to control the operation of a
computer.
• The number of keys on a keyboard varies from the
original standard of 101 keys to the 104-key windows
keyboards
• Types of keyboards
• General Purpose keyboard
• Special Purpose Keyboard
 Mouse
• A mouse (plural mice or mouses) functions as a pointing
device by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its
supporting surface.

• Can be used only with GUI (Graphical user interface)

based OS. E.g. Windows.

• Types of mouse based on mechanism

1. Mechanical Mouse
2. Optical Mouse
 Mechanical Mouse

A mouse that uses a rubber ball that makes

contact with wheels inside the unit when it
is rolled on a pad or desktop.
 Optical Mouse

• A mouse that uses light to

detect movement.
• It emits a light and senses its
reflection as it is moved.
• Early optical mice required a
special mouse pad, but today's
devices can be rolled over
traditional pads like a
mechanical mouse as well as
over almost any surface other
than glass or mirror.
Data Scanning Devices
Image Scanner
Types of Image Scanner
Types of Image Scanner
Types of Image Scanner
 Types of Image Scanner

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Optical Mark Reader (OMR).

Bar-code Reader

Magnetic Ink Character Reader

(MICR)
Output Devices
Monitors
Printer

Peripheral device that

produces outputs onto a
sheet of paper. This
paper is referred to as a
hard copy.
 Types of Printers
Dot Matrix Printer
1. Dot Matrix Printer
2. Inkjet Printer
3. Laser Printer

Laser printer

Inkjet Printer
 Dot Matrix Printer
• Also called Impact printers (parts actually impact the paper)
Fires pins (or print wires) at an ink ribbon, which contacts the
paper and leaves a mark
• The print head, which contains the pins, moves left to right
across the paper, line by line, creating letters out of the circular
dots of ink that have impacted the paper.
• Coils of wires called solenoids are energized, thus creating an
electromagnet, and cause the pins to shoot forward and strike
the ribbon.
• Print quality is measured in "pins", as in 9-pin, 24-pin, 48-pin
printers: number of pins in the print head.
• The speed of the printer is measured in cps, characters per
second.
• The paper most often used with dot matrix is continuous,
tractor-fed paper with perforated strips on the sides.
Dot Matrix Printer
 Inkjet Printer
 Inkjet printers use liquid ink-filled cartridges that force out
and spray ink at the page through tiny holes called
nozzles.
 The printer sprays ink at the page through pressure and
electricity.
 Normally, the pressure inside the ink cartridge (in the ink
reservoir) is a bit less than pressure outside.
 When the deflection plates are electrically charged, ink is
forced out.
 Inkjet printers can use plain paper and inkjet specific
paper (for higher print quality).
 Print quality is measured in dpi, dots per inch.
 Print speed is measured in ppm, pages per minute.
 Print head stepper
Print head motor
 Laser Printer
 The majority of businesses use laser printers for
demanding printing needs (speed, quantity, quality).
 Laser printers print one whole page at a time, and
require RAM (more memory) to operate.
 Print quality is measured as dpi
 They are non-impact printers
 Most laser printers can print in black color only.
 They can print many special characters, different sizes
of print, and graphics such as charts & graphs.