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Summary: There are many different types of printers, but the most common type of printer is the dot matrix printer. Learn about Inkjet printers and laser printers with help from an IT professional in this free video on types of printers.
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"We're going to tell you a little bit about different types of printers. Yes, the first type of printer that's most commonly seen is a dot matrix printer. Some of you that've been around for a while might remember these. These are older, they're really noisy and they basically work by a prod, they're also known as impact printers. The reason they're called that is because they actually strike the paper with pins that have ink on the end of them. That's why often times the, that's why all the letters look like they're basically composed of a bunch of tiny, tiny dots. Then you also have inkjet printers, also known as bubble jet printers. The two technologies, depending on who you ask, are slightly different, but they effectively do the same thing. They use ink and spray it on to a piece of paper. You've got your basic inkjet monochrome inkjet printers which are very inexpensive, and you can also get the kind, basic color printers which have one black cartridge and one color cartridge. Then there are man, you've got your mid-ranged color pr, color inkjets that have magenta, cyan, black and yellow cartridges, all the way up to your high end photo printers where you have up to ten different colors, plus black. And a, you can also, you also have matte and glossy print options as well. So those can vary quite a bit. The third most commonly seen type of printer is a laser printer. You can get those in both monochr, monochrome black and white, and and color varieties. The color laser printers are very effective and very highly detailed. The big disadvantage with those is that they're very expensive. You should get a really nice bubble jet for a fraction of the cost of a color laser printer. There are other types of printers out there, plotters, ribbon ty, you know, there are printers that use ribbons, thermal printers, they're not very commonly used. These are usually very hi, very sophisticated narrow usage or they're flat out obsolete."
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