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OUTPUT DEVICES

Following are few of the important output devices which are used in a
computer.

• Monitors
• Graphic Plotter
• Printer
Monitors
Monitors, commonly called as Visual Display Unit (VDU), are the main
output device of a computer. It forms images from tiny dots, called pixels that
are arranged in a rectangular form. The sharpness of the image depends upon
the number of pixels.

There are two kinds of viewing screen used for monitors.

• Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT)


• Flat- Panel Display
Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT) Monitor
The CRT display is made up of small picture elements called pixels.
The smaller the pixels, the better the image clarity, or resolution. It takes
more than one illuminated pixel to form whole character, such as the letter
‘e’ in the word help.

A finite number of characters can be displayed


on a screen at once. The screen can be divided
into a series of character boxes - fixed location
on the screen where a standard character can
be placed. Most screens are capable of
displaying 80 characters of data horizontally and
25 lines vertically. There are some disadvantages
of CRT:

• Large in Size
• High power consumption
Flat-Panel Display Monitor
The flat-panel display refers to a class of
video devices that have reduced volume,
weight and power requirement in comparison to
the CRT. You can hang them on walls or wear
them on your wrists. Current uses of flat-panel
displays include calculators, video games,
monitors, laptop computer, graphics display.

The flat-panel display is divided into two categories:

• Emissive Displays - The emissive displays are devices that convert electrical
energy into light. Example are plasma panel and LED(Light-Emitting
Diodes).

• Non-Emissive Displays - The Non-emissive displays use optical effects to


convert sunlight or light from some other source into graphics patterns.
Example is LCD(Liquid-Crystal Device)

Printers
Printer is an output device, which is used to print information on paper.

There are two types of printers:


• Impact Printers
• Non-Impact Printers

Impact Printers
The impact printers print the characters by striking them on the ribbon
which is then pressed on the paper.

Characteristics of Impact Printers are the following:

• Very low consumable costs


• Very noisy
• Useful for bulk printing due to low cost
• There is physical contact with the paper to produce an image
These printers are of two types

• Character printers
• Line printers
Character Printers
Character printers are the printers which print one character at a time.

These are further divided into two types:

• Dot Matrix Printer(DMP)


• Daisy Wheel
DOT MATRIX PRINTER
In the market one of the most popular
printers is Dot Matrix Printer. These printers
are popular because of their ease of
printing and economical price. Each
character printed is in form of pattern of
dots and head consists of a Matrix of Pins of
size (5*7, 7*9, 9*7 or 9*9) which come out to
form a character that is why it is called Dot Matrix Printer.

Advantages

• Inexpensive
• Widely Used
• Other language characters can be printed
Disadvantages

• Slow Speed
• Poor Quality

DAISY WHEEL
Head is lying on a wheel and pins
corresponding to characters are like
petals of Daisy (flower name) that is why
it is called Daisy Wheel Printer. These
printers are generally used for word-
processing in offices which require a few
letters to be sent here and there with very
nice quality.
Advantages

• More reliable than DMP


• Better quality
• The fonts of character can be easily changed
Disadvantages

• Slower than DMP


• Noisy
• More expensive than DMP

Line Printers
Line printers are the printers which print
one line at a time.

These are of further two types

• Drum Printer
• Chain Printer
Drum Printer
This printer is like a drum in shape so it is called drum printer. The surface
of drum is divided into number of tracks. Total tracks are equal to size of
paper i.e. for a paper width of 132 characters, drum will have 132 tracks. A
character set is embossed on track. The different character sets available in
the market are 48 character set, 64 and 96 characters set. One rotation of
drum prints one line. Drum printers are fast in speed and can print 300 to 2000
lines per minute.

Advantages

• Very high speed


Disadvantages

• Very expensive
• Characters fonts cannot be changed
CHAIN PRINTER
In this printer, chain of character sets are used so it is called Chain Printer. A
standard character set may have 48, 64, or 96 characters.

Advantages

• Character fonts can easily be changed.


• Different languages can be used with the same printer.
Disadvantages

• Noisy

Non-impact Printers
Non-impact printers print the characters without using ribbon. These printers
print a complete page at a time so they are also called as Page Printers.

These printers are of two types

• Laser Printers
• Inkjet Printers
Characteristics of Non-impact Printers

• Faster than impact printers.


• They are not noisy.
• High quality.
• Support many fonts and different character size.
Laser Printers
These are non-impact page printers. They use
laser lights to produce the dots needed to form
the characters to be printed on a page.

Advantages

• Very high speed


• Very high quality output
• Give good graphics quality
• Support many fonts and different
character size
Disadvantages
• Expensive.

• Cannot be used to produce multiple copies of a document in a single


printing.

Inkjet Printers
Inkjet printers are non-impact character
printers based on a relatively new technology. They
print characters by spraying small drops of ink onto
paper. Inkjet printers produce high quality output
with presentable features.

They make less noise because no hammering is


done and these have many styles of printing modes
available. Colour printing is also possible. Some
models of Inkjet printers can produce multiple copies of printing also.

Advantages
• High quality printing
• More reliable

Disadvantages
• Expensive as cost per page is high
• Slow as compared to laser printer

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