Chapter 6 Objectives

Define the four Describe the uses of speakers

categories of output and headsets

Identify the different types Identify the purpose of data

projectors, fax machines, and
of display devices multifunction devices

Describe factors that affect Explain how a terminal is both

Chapter 6 the quality of a display device an input and output device
Output Identify monitor ergonomic Identify output options for
issues physically challenged users

Explain the differences among

various types of printers

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What is Output? What Are Output

Devices?
What Is output? What is an output device?
• Data that has • Any hardware component that can convey
been information to a user
processed into
a useful form, text

called graphics
monitor speakers
information
printer

video

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p. 6.2 Fig. 6-1 audio p. 6.4

Display Devices Display Devices

What is a display device? What is a CRT monitor?
• Television-like • Large sealed, glass screen cathode ray tube
• Screen coated with tiny
• Information on a dots of phosphor material
display device • Pixel, or picture element, is
sometimes is called single point in electronic
soft copy image
• Three dots (red, blue, and
green) combine to make up
each pixel

CRT monitor screen

Next Next
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 Display Devices Display Devices
What are typical sizes for CRT monitors? What is a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor?
• 15, 17, 19, 21, and
22 inch screen size
• Type of flat-panel
• Viewable size is display
diagonal • Uses liquid crystals
measurement of between two sheets of
actual viewing area
provided by the ze material to present
si
monitor
re
en information on screen
sc ze
si • Electric current passes
le
ab
vi
ew through crystals, which
creates images on the
Next Next screen
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Display Devices Display Devices

Where are some features of LCD screens? What is a Web-enabled device?
• Lightweight and • Allows access to the
compact Web or e-mail
• Consumes less – Cellular telephones
than one-third of – Pagers
the power than
does a CRT • Many use
monitor monochrome LCD
• Ideal for notebook displays to save
and handheld battery power
computers
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p. 6.6 Fig. 6-5 p. 6.6 Fig. 6-6

Display Devices Display Devices

What is an electronic book (e-book) ? What are the two technologies used for LCD
• Small, book-sized computer that uses an LCD monitors?
screen
• Allows users to read, save, highlight, bookmark, and
add notes to online text
Passive-matrix
• Download new book content
Active-matrix display
from Web
display • Color often not as bright
• Can display high-quality • Images best viewed
color viewable from all when working directly in
angles front of display
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 Display Devices Display Devices
What is a gas plasma monitor? What is display resolution?
• Describes the sharpness and clarity of image
• Flat-panel display uses layer of gas plasma
• The higher the resolution, the sharper the image and the
between two sheets of material more that can display on the monitor
• Larger screen
sizes and higher 800 x 600
most common 800
display quality than horizontal
LCD, but much pixels
more expensive 1280 x 1024
maximum resolution 600 vertical
of most monitors pixels
Total of 480,000
2048 x 1536 pixels on screen
Next Next maximum for
p. 6.8 Fig. 6-8 p. 6.8 high-end monitors

Display Devices Display Devices

What is dot pitch? What is refresh rate?
Should be fast
• Measure of the • Speed at which enough to maintain a
distance between monitor redraws constant, flicker-free
image
pixels images on the
Use a monitor
with a dot pitch
screen
• Sometimes called
of .29 millimeters High-quality monitor
pixel pitch or lower to will provide refresh
• Smaller the minimize eye rate of at least 75
fatigue hertz
distance between
the pixels, the
sharper the image Image on the screen
redraws itself 75
Next Next times per second
p. 6.9 p. 6.9

Display Devices
Display Devices
How does video travel Step 1
What is a video card? Step 2
from the processor to a
• Converts digital CRT monitor?
output from 1: Processor sends digital data to
computer into video card
analog video signal 2: Video card converts digital data Step 3
to analog signal
• Controls how 3: Analog signal sent via cable to
display device CRT monitor
produces picture 4: CRT separates signal into red,
green, and blue signals
Step 4
• Also called graphics 5: Electron guns fire color signals
card or video to front of CRT Step 5
adapter 6: Image displays Step 6
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 Display Devices Display Devices
What is bit depth? 8-bit video 28 = What are video standards?
2x2x
• Number of bits a video card 2x2x • Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) develops
card uses to store Uses 8 bits to video standards
information about each store information
2x2x
pixel about each pixel 2x2=
• Also called color depth 256
Can display 256
• Determines number different colors colors
of colors a video card
can display
• Greater the number 24-bit
of bits, better the video card 224 =
resulting image
Uses 24 bits to 16.7 million
store information colors
about each pixel
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p. 6.10 Can display 16.7 p. 6.11 Fig. 6-11

million colors

Display Devices Display Devices

What are various video card configurations? What is electromagnetic radiation (EMR)?
• Magnetic field that
travels at
speed of light Sit at arm’s
length from
• Small amount CRT
produced by all
CRT monitors EMR is greatest
on sides and
back of CRT
monitor
LCD monitors
do not pose
Next Next this risk
p. 6.11 p. 6.11
Fig. 6-12

Display Devices Display Devices

What is the ENERGY STAR® program? What is Interactive TV?
• Program to encourage manufacturers to create • Two-way communications technology in which users
energy-efficient devices that require little power interact with television programming
when not in use • HDTV works directly with interactive TV

• Monitors and devices meeting guidelines display

ENERGY STAR® Select a
Bank
Play
games
label movie from
a central
library of
Vote or
movies Shop
respond to
network
questionnaires
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 Printers Printers
What is a printer? What is an impact printer?
portrait • Forms characters by striking a
• Output device that portrait
orientation
orientation mechanism against ink ribbon
produces text and that physically contacts paper
graphics on paper • Ideal for printing multipart
• Result is hard copy, forms
or printout • Can withstand dusty
environments, vibrations, and
• Two orientations extreme temperatures

Next landscape
landscape Next
p. 6.12 Fig. 6-14 orientation
orientation p. 6.14

Printers Printers
What is a dot-matrix printer? How does a
dot-matrix printer work?
• Impact printer that produces printed images when tiny wire
pins on print head mechanism strike inked ribbon • When ribbon presses against
• Most use continuous-form paper paper, it creates dots that
form characters and graphics
• A higher number of pins (9 to
24) means printer prints
more dots per character,
which results in higher print
quality
continuous-form paper
dots form characters
Next Next
p. 6.14 Fig. 6-17 p. 6.14 Fig. 6-17

Printers Printers
What is a line printer? What is a non-impact printer?
• High-speed impact printer that • Forms characters
prints entire line at a time and graphics on
• Speed measured by number of piece of paper
lines per minute (lpm) it can print without actually
• Band printer prints fully-formed striking paper
characters using a hammer
mechanism thermal printer
• Shuttle-matrix printer is high- ink-jet printer
speed printer that works more like
a dot-matrix printer

Next Next
p. 6.14 Fig. 6-18 p. 6.15 laser printer

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 Printers Printers
What is an ink-jet printer? What is the resolution of a printer?
• Nonimpact printer • Sharpness and clarity of characters
forms characters and • Measured by number of dots per inch (dpi)
graphics by spraying printer can
tiny drops of liquid ink output
onto piece of paper 300 dpi 600 dpi 1,200 dpi

• Most popular type of

color printer for home
use

Next Next
p. 6.15 Fig. 6-19 p. 6.15 Fig. 6-20

Printers Printers
1: Small
How does an ink-jet printer work? resistor heats What is a laser printer?
Print cartridge ink, causing
ink to boil and • High-speed, high-
form vapor quality nonimpact
bubble printer
firing • Prints text and
chamber graphics in very high-
nozzle
print head resistor
quality resolution,
ranging from 600 to
2: Vapor bubble forces ink 1,200 dpi
through nozzle
ink dot
• Typically costs more
3: Ink drops onto paper
than ink-jet printer,
4: As vapor bubble bubble but is much faster
Next collapses, fresh ink is nozzle Next
p. 6.16 Fig. 6-21 drawn into firing chamber ink p. 6.16 Fig. 6-17

paper

Printers Printers
1: Drum rotates as How does a laser printer work? What is a thermal printer?
paper is fed through
2: Mirror deflects
laser beam across
• Generates images by pushing electrically heated
surface of drum rotating mirror pins against heat-sensitive paper
3: Laser beam
creates charge that
• Ideal for small devices, such as adding machines
drum
causes toner to
stick to drum
4: As drum rotates,
toner transfers
from drum to
paper
rollers
5: Rollers use heat
and pressure to fuse
toner to paper
Next Next
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 Printers Printers
What is a What is a label printer?
photo printer?
• Small printer that
• Color prints on adhesive
printer that type material that
produces can be placed on
photo lab Select image to print,
a variety of items
number of copies, and
quality size of print • Most also print bar
pictures
codes and
and prints
e-stamps
everyday
documents
Next Next
p. 6.20 Fig. 6-25 p. 6.21 Fig. 6-26

Printers Printers plotter

What is a portable printer? What is a plotter?

• Small, lightweight portable printer • Sophisticated
ink-jet or thermal printer used to
printer that allows produce high-
mobile user to quality drawings
print from • Large-format
notebook or printer similar to
handheld plotter and is
computer while used to print
traveling quality color prints

Next Next large-format printer

p. 6.22 Fig. 6-27 p. 6.22

Speakers and Speakers and

Headsets Headsets
What is an audio output device? What is voice output?
• Computer component that produces music, • Computer
RealPlayer
speech, and other sounds talks to you
• Speakers and headsets are common devices through
speakers
speakers on
computer

link to
audio
Next Next
woofer broadcast
p. 6.23 Fig. 6-29 p. 6.24 Fig. 6-31

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 Speakers and
Other Output Devices
Headsets
What is Internet telephony? What is a data projector?
• Allows you to have a conversation over the • Device that takes image from a computer screen
Web, just as if you were talking on the and projects it onto a larger screen
telephone

data projector

Next Next
p. 6.24 p. 6.25 Fig. 6-32

Other Output Devices Other Output Devices

What is a facsimile (fax) machine? What is a fax modem?
• Device that transmits and • Modem that allows you to send and receive
receives documents over electronic documents as faxes
telephone lines

fax machine

internal
internal
fax
fax
modem
modem
Next Next
card
card inin
p. 6.25 Fig. 6-33 p. 6.26 Fig. 6-34 externalfax
external fax system
system
modem
modem unit
unit

Other Output Devices Terminals

What is a multifunction device (MFD) ? What is a terminal?
• Provides the • Device that performs both input and output
functionality of a
printer, scanner,
copy machine, and
fax machine

special-
dumb intelligent purpose
all in one terminals terminals terminals
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 Terminals Terminals host computer

keyboard and monitor

What is a dumb terminal? What is an intelligent terminal?
• Has a keyboard and • Has monitor,
monitor, but no keyboard, memory
processor or memory and processor
• Connects to host • Similar to a PC in
computer that that it can perform
performs processing tasks independent
and then sends output of host computer
back • Programmable

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intelligent terminal
p. 6.27 Fig. 6-36 p. 6.28

Terminals Terminals
What is a point-of-sale (POS) terminal? What is an automated teller machine (ATM)?
• Records purchases at point • Self-service banking
where purchase is made machine that connects
• Output from POS terminals to host computer
serves as through telephone
input to host network
computer

POS terminal in a grocery store

Next Next
scanner and keyboard are input
p. 6.28 Fig. 6-37 p. 6.29 Fig. 6-37

Output Devices for Physically Output Devices for Physically

Challenged Users Challenged Users
What is the Magnifier command? Magnifier
Magnifier
What other output options are available for visually
command
command impaired users?
• Windows Magnifier • Change Window’s
command enlarges settings such as
text and other items increasing size or
in window on changing color of text
to make words easier
screen to read
• Blind users can work
with voice output
Locationof
Location of • Braille printer outputs
mousepointer
mouse pointer information in Braille
magnifiedat
magnified at onto paper
topof
top ofscreen
screen
Next Next
p. 6.29 Fig. 6-38 p. 6.30 Fig. 6-39
Braille printer

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 Summary Putting It All Together
What are suggested output devices for the What are suggested output devices for the SOHO user?
Home user? Mobile
Home Small Office/Home Office ‰19- orHome
21-inch color CRT
Mobile
Small Office/Home Office

Home ‰17- or 19-inch color CRT monitor

Small Office/Home Office
monitor ‰Color LCD display for
‰High-definition television handheld computer

‰Ink-jet color printer; or ‰Multifunction device; or

Power photo printer; or label printer
Large Business
ink-jet color printer; or
Power Large Business
laser printer, black and white
‰Speakers and headset
‰Label printer
‰Fax machine
Next Next
p. 6.30 Fig. 6-40
‰Speakers and headset
p. 6.30 Fig. 6-40

Putting It All Together Putting It All Together

What are suggested output devices for the Mobile user? What are suggested output devices for the Large Business user?
Mobile Mobile
Home
‰15.4-inch color LCD display
Small Office/Home Office Home Small Office/Home Office
‰19- or 21-inch color CRT or LCD monitor
with notebook computer Mobile
‰15.4-inch color LCD display for Large Business
‰19-inch color CRT monitor for notebook computer
notebook computer docking station
‰Color LCD display for handheld computer
‰Color LCD display for
handheld computer ‰Laser printer, black and white

‰Portable printer ‰Line printer (for large reports

Power Large Business from mainframe)
Power Large Business
‰Ink-jet color printer; or laser printer,
black and white, for in-office use; ‰Label printer
or photo printer ‰Fax machine or fax modem
‰Fax modem ‰Speakers and headset
‰Headset ‰DLP data projector
Next Next
‰DL data projector ‰Dumb terminal
p. 6.30 Fig. 6-40 p. 6.30 Fig. 6-40

Putting It All Together Summary of Output

What are suggested output devices for the Power user?
Mobile
• What is output?
Home Small Office/Home Office
• What are output devices?
‰21-inch color LCD monitor • Display devices
Power ‰Laser printer • Printers
‰Plotter • Speakers and headsets
‰Photo printer; or • Other output devices
dye sublimation printer
Power Large Business • Terminals
‰Fax machine or fax modem
• Output devices for physically challenged
‰Speakers and headset
users

Next
p. 6.30 Fig. 6-40
Chapter 6 Complete

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