 PARTS OF PRINTER 

1. Paper Support - extend before printing to

support paper.
2. Paper Guide - when loading paper, pinch the
tab and slide left/right. Align to the left edge of
the paper.
3. Auto Sheet Feeder - load paper here. Multiple
sheets of paper can be loaded. Paper
automatically feeds.
4. Front Cover - open to replace the ink tanks or
remove jammed paper.
5. Paper Output Tray - printed paper ejects here.
Extend this before printing.
6. Front Sheet Feeder - load paper here. Multiple
sheets of paper can be loaded. Paper automatically feed.
One sheet at a time.
7. Camera Port - connects the printer to a Canon Bubble Jet
Direct digital camera /video camera or PictBridge compliant
digital camera/video camera.
8. Power Lamp - indicates that the power is on/off and
conditions of errors.
9. Power Button - press to turn the printer on or off.
10. Resume/Cancel Button - press to resume printing once an
error has been resolved. The printer will then prepare to
print. Also, to cancel printing in progress, press this button.
11. Auto Sheet Feeder Lamp - when this lamp is lit, paper is fed
from the auto sheet feeder.
12. Front Sheet Feeder Lamp - when this lamp is lit, paper is
fed from the front sheet feeder.
13. Paper Feed Switch - press to change the paper source
between the auto sheet feeder and front sheet feeder.
14. USB Port - connects the printer to a computer through a
USB interface.
15. Rear Cover - open to remove jammed paper.
16. Power Cord Connection - connects the printer to a power
source using the provided power cord.

17. Paper Thickness Lever -

adjusts the gap between the print
head and the surface of the printing
paper. Move the lever to the correct position for the paper in use.

18. Print Head Lock Lever - locks the print head into the holder.
Note: Once the print head is installed, do not raise this lever.

19. Print Head Holder - install the print head here.

  DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRINTER 
IMPACT PRINTER
An impact printer makes contact with the paper. It usually forms the print image by pressing an inked ribbon
against the paper using a hammer or pins. Following are some examples of impact printers.

 Dot-Matrix Printers
The dot-matrix printer uses print heads containing from 9 to 24 pins. These pins produce patterns of
dots on the paper to form the individual characters. The 24 pin dot-matrix printer produces more dots that a 9 pin
dot-matrix printer, which results in much better quality and clearer characters. The general rule is: the more pins,
the clearer the letters on the paper. The pins strike the ribbon individually as the print mechanism moves across the
entire print line in both directions, i-e, from left to right, then right to left, and so on. The user can produce a color
output with a dot-matrix printer (the user will change the black ribbon with a ribbon that has color stripes). Dot-
matrix printers are inexpensive and typically print at speeds of 100-600 characters per second.

 Daisy-wheel printers
In order to get the quality of type found on typewriters, a daisy-wheel impact printer can be used. It is
called daisy-wheel printer because the print mechanism looks like a daisy; at the end of each “Petal” is a fully formed
character which produces solid-line print. A hammer strikes a “petal” containing a character against the ribbon, and
the character prints on the paper. Its speed is slow typically 25-55 characters per second.

 Line printers
In business where enormous amount of material are printed, the character-at-a-time printers are too
slow; therefore, these users need line-at-a-time printers. Line printers, or line-at-a-time printers, use special
mechanism that can print a whole line at once; they can typically print the range of 1,200 to 6,000 lines per minute.
Drum, chain, and band printers are line-at-a-time printers.

 Drum printer
A drum printer consists of a solid, cylindrical drum that has raised characters in bands on its surface. The
number of print positions across the drum equals the number available on the page. This number typically ranges
from 80-132 print positions. The drum rotates at a rapid speed. For each possible print position there is a print
hammer located behind the paper. These hammers strike the paper, along the ink ribbon, against the proper
character on the drum as it passes. One revolution of the drum is required to print each line. This means that all
characters on the line are not printed at exactly the same time, but the time required to print the entire line is fast
enough to call them line printers. Typical speeds of drum printers are in the range of 300 to 2000 lines per minute.

 Chain printers
A chain printer uses a chain of print characters wrapped around two pulleys. Like the drum printer, there
is one hammer for each print position. Circuitry inside the printer detects when the correct character appears at the
desired print location on the page. The hammer then strikes the page, pressing the paper against a ribbon and the
character located at the desired print position. An impression of the character is left on the page. The chain keeps
rotating until all the required print positions on the line have filled. Then the page moves up to print the next line.
Speeds of chain printers range from 400 to 2500 characters per minute.

 Band printers
A band printer operates similar to chain printer except it uses a band instead of a chain and has fewer
hammers. Band printer has a steel band divided into five sections of 48 characters each. The hammers on a band
printer are mounted on a cartridge that moves across the paper to the appropriate positions. Characters are rotated
into place and struck by the hammers. Font styles can easily be changed by replacing a band or chain.
NON-IMPACT PRINTERS
Non-impact printers do not use a striking device to produce characters on the paper; and because these printers
do not hammer against the paper they are much quieter. Following are some non-impacted printers.

 Ink-jet printers
Ink-jet printers work in the same fashion as dot-matrix printers in the form images or characters with
little dots. However, the dots are formed by tiny droplets of ink. Ink-jet printers form characters on paper by
spraying ink from tiny nozzles through an electrical field that arranges the charged ink particles into characters at the
rate of approximately 250 characters per second. The ink is absorbed into the paper and dries instantly. Various
colors of ink can also be used.

One or more nozzles in the print head emit a steady stream of ink drops. Droplets of ink are electrically
charged after leaving the nozzle. The droplets are then guided to the paper by electrically charged deflecting plates
[one plate has positive charge (upper plate) and the other has negative charge (lover plate)]. A nozzle for black ink
may be all that’s needed to print text, but full-color printing is also possible with the addition of needed to print text,
but full-color printing is also possible with the addition three extra nozzles for the cyan, magenta, and yellow primary
colors. If a droplet isn’t needed for the character or image being formed, it is recycled back to its input nozzle.

Several manufacturers produce color ink-jet printer. Some of these printers come with all their color inks
in a cartridge; if you want to replace on color, you must replace all the colors. Other color ink-jet printers allow you
to replace ink individually. These printers are a better choice if user uses one color more than other colors. These
printers produce less noise and print in better quality with greater speed.

 Laser Printer
A laser printer works like a photocopy machine. Laser printers produce images on paper by directing a
laser beam at a mirror which bounces the beam onto a drum. The drum has a special coating on it to which toner (an
ink powder) sticks. Using patterns of small dots, a laser beam conveys information from the computer to a positively
charged drum to become neutralized. From all those areas of drum which become neutralized, the toner detaches.
As the paper rolls by the drum, the toner is transferred to the paper printing the letters or other graphics on the
paper. A hot roller bonds the toner to the paper.

Laser printers use buffers that store an entire page at a time. When a whole page is loaded, it will be
printed. The speed of laser printers is high and they print quietly without producing much noise. Many home-use
laser printers can print eight pages per minute, but faster and print approximately 21,000 lines per minute, or 437
pages per minute if each page contains 48 lines. When high speed laser printers were introduced they were
expensive. Developments in the last few years have provided relatively low-cost laser printers for use in small
businesses.