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Riya (22CSU311)
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Printers and
Plotters
FOCP Presentation
Ms Neetu
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INDEX

PRINTERS PLOTTERS DIFFERENCES

What are printers? What are plotters?

How do they work? How do they work?

Different types of printers Different types of plotters

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PRINTERS
WHAT ARE PRINTERS?
● A printer is a device that accepts text and graphic output from a computer and
transfers the information to paper.
● Printers vary in size, speed, sophistication and cost. In general, more expensive
printers are used for more frequent printing or high-resolution color printing.
HOW DO THEY WORK ?
1 The way in which printers work is quite 3 The image or text is then recreated on to the
simple. In short, printers work by converting page using a series of miniscule dots.
digital images and text into physical copies.

2 They do this using a driver or specialised 4 The only real difference that separates the
software that has been designed to convert various types of machines available is the
the file into a language that the printer can method in which the dots are transferred
understand. onto the page.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRINTERS

There are many different printer manufacturers available today, including Canon, Epson,
Hewlett-Packard, Xerox and Lexmark, among many others. There are also several types
of printers to choose from.

● Inkjet printers - recreate a digital image by spraying ink onto paper. These are the
most common type of personal printer.
● Laser printers - are used to create high-quality prints by passing a laser beam at a
high speed over a negatively charged drum to define an image.
● 3D printers - are a relatively new printer technology. 3D printing creates a physical
object from a digital file.
● All-in-one printers - are multifunction devices that combine printing with other
technologies such as a copier, scanner and/or fax machine.
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PLOTTERS
WHAT ARE PLOTTERS?
● A plotter is a special type of printer that interprets commands from a computer to make
line drawings on paper with one or more automated pens.
● Unlike a regular printer, a plotter can draw continuous point-to-point lines directly from
vector graphic files or commands.
HOW DO THEY WORK ?
1 The way in which plotters work is really 3 The image or text is then recreated on to the
similar to printers .Plotters work by page using a series of lines.
converting digital images and text into
physical copies.

2 They do this using a driver or specialised 4 The only real difference that separates the
software that has been designed to print various types of machines available is the
directly from vector graphic files or method in which the lines are transferred
command. onto the page.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLOTTERS

There are many different plotter manufacturers available today, including Canon, Epson,
Hewlett-Packard and Graphtec, among many others. There are also several types of
plotters to choose from.

● Drum plotters - which draw on paper wrapped around a drum that turns to produce one
direction of the plot while the pens move to provide the other direction.
● Flatbed plotters - which draw on paper placed on a flat surface.
● Electrostatic plotters - which draw on negatively charged paper with positively charged
toner.
● Inkjet plotters - which use inkjet printer technology and colored inkjet pens to deliver
beads of ink in an assortment of colors to the drawing surface using vector graphic
technology to move the pen plotters
DIFFERENCES

PLOTTERS PRINTERS

1 A plotter is capable of reading the available 1 A printer is capable of reading the available
files in Al, CDR, DWG, and other types of files in formats like JPG TIFF, PDF, BMP,
vector formats. etc.

2 These are less cost-effective and much more 2 These are more cost-effective and much
expensive. cheaper.
DIFFERENCES

PLOTTERS PRINTERS

1 It works at a comparatively slower speed. 1 It is capable of working at much faster

speeds.

2 The output format of a plotter is similar to 2 The output format of a printer is in the form
that of a vector graphic. of pixels, bitmap, etc.
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