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 Unit A2: Input and Output Devices

Unit Syllabus Lectures

A2.1 Input
A2.2 Types of Input Device
A2.3 Input Devices
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A2.4 Output
A2.5 Types of Output
A2.6 Output Device

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 Printer

•A printer is a device that accepts text and graphics output

from a computer, and it transfers this information to paper,
sheets.
•Printers can print any information that has been passed to
it, whether it be Text, Numbers or Images.
•It depends on the type of printer that what quality or color
the printed matter would be.

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 Printer …

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 Characteristics of Printer

•Color
•Resolution
•Speed
•Memory

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 Characteristics of Printer: Color

•Colored printers can print in both i.e. colored and black

and white.
•Hence, colored printers are more expensive than normal
printers.

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 Characteristics of Printer: Resolution

•The resolution of Printer is in general measured in dpi.

•DPI stands for “Dots per Inch”.
•In general printers have resolutions of about 550 to 600
dpi.

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 Characteristics of Printer: Speed

•In order to print a good amount of stuff you need to have a

fast printer.
•Thus, speed is an important factor while considering
printers.

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 Characteristics of Printer: Speed

•It is also an important factor for printers as having enough

memory will result in good speed and better performance.

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 Evolution of Printer

•Charles Babbage introduced the first mechanical printer

for use with a difference engine in 1822.
•Inkjet printers were invented in early 1950s.
•IBM invented the first dot matrix in 1957.
•In late 1970s, Inkjet printer became able to produce
acceptable digital images.

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 Evolution of Printer …

•Epson, Canon, and Hewlett Packard, created Inkjet

printers.
•Gary Starkweather created the laser printer while working
at Xerox in the early 1970s by altering one of their model
7000 copiers.

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 Evolution of Printer …

•Hewlett-Packard introduced the HP LaserJet printers in

1984, laser printers became more affordable and
widespread.
•In 1985, Apple introduced the Apple LaserWriter printer,
which introduced PostScript technology to the printer
market.
•Chuck Hull first demonstrated 3D printers in 1984.

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 Types of Printer

•Depending upon the printing methods and the quality of

images produced, printers are of two major types:
•Impact Printers
•Non Impact Printers

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 Impact Printer

•Impact printer works with paper via direct contact with an

ink ribbon.
•It has similar working mechanisms as that of typewriter.
•The examples of Impact Printer are
•Daisy Wheel Printers
•Dot Matrix Printers
•Line Printers

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 Daisy Wheel Printer

•Daisy wheel printing is a mechanical impact printing

technology.
•It is called daisy-wheel because its printing mechanism
looks like a daisy.
•Its speed is usually 25-50 characters per second.

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 Daisy Wheel Printer …

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 Daisy Wheel Printer …

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 Dot Matrix Printer

•The Dot-Matrix printers uses 9 to 24 pin print heads

depending upon the quality print required.
•24 pin printers produce more clarity that 9 pins dot-matrix
printer.
•More number of pins results in more clarity.
•Usually inexpensive and speed ranges between 100 and
550 characters per second.

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 Dot Matrix Printer …

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 Advantages of Dot Matrix Printer

•A dot matrix printer is less expensive as compared to most

of the printers, and it is easily available in the market.
•It has the ability to print carbon copies of a particular print
out, unlike non-impact printers.
•Its printing cost is lowest than the other printers.
•Furthermore, its maintenance cost is less expensive than
the other printers.

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 Disadvantages of Dot Matrix Printer

•The speed of the dot matrix printer is slow as compared to

non impact printers, and its output is also not of high
resolution.
•It creates high noise when the pins hit the ribbon to the
paper.
•It may be a time-consuming printer as it requires a single
paper to wound up and aligned manually.

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 Line Printer

•Line Printers i.e. Line at a Time Printers.

•As the name suggests it can print whole line at once.
•Speed ranges somewhere between 1,000 to 6,000 lines
per minute.

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 Line Printer …

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 Non Impact Printer

•Non-Impact Printers do not need to touch the ink ribbon

to print the documents.
•Maintenance of Non-Impact printers is easier than Impact
printers.
•The examples of non impact printer are
•Inkjet Printers
•Laser Printers

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 Inkjet Printer

•The inkjet printers are the most common and widely used
printers in both professional and domestic settings.
•It is popular due to its numerous advantages and very few
drawbacks.

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 Inkjet Printer

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 Advantages of Inkjet Printer

•Capable of printing highly detailed and photo elastic

prints.
•Small footprints
•Environment friendly
•Compact Design
•Versatile
•Best Picture and Image quality

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 Disadvantages of Inkjet Printer

•Higher cost per page than laser printers

•Less Reliable
•Slow print speed

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 Laser Printer

•Laser Printers were developed by Xerox in 1960s.

•The majority of laser printers use light, photoreceptor
belts, and photosensitive drums.
•During the print, the laser will scan page line by line.
•The most accepted writing method is black and white
lasers, which print content in black text.

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 Laser Printer …

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 Advantages of Laser Printer

•Cost-effective than inkjet printers

•High print speed
•Expandable with paper trays, finishes,
•High paper capacity

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 Disadvantages of Laser Printer

•Large Footprints
•High Voltage Usage

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 LED Printer

•LED Printers are quite similar to Laser Printers

•Uses LED instead of laser to create pictures/images.
•LED printers are considered are more efficient and reliable
than laser printers.

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 LED Printer …

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 Advantages of LED Printer

•Efficient
•Reliable
•Cheaper than laser printers.

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 Thermal Printer

•Thermal Printer is invented by Jack Kilby.

•Also known as an Electro Thermal Printer, Thermal Transfer
Printer, or Thermal Wax Transfer Printer.
•It utilizes heated pins in order to produce the image on
paper.

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 Thermal Printer …

•These types of printers are widely used in banking, airline,

grocery, entertainment, retail, healthcare industries, fax,
and calculator machines.
•These printers are low-cost and print fast, and do not use
ink like other printers.
•They primarily depend on the thermal paper to produce
the images.

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 Thermal Printer …

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 Thermal Printer …

•This technology is useful for an organization as it is reliable

as well as cost-effective.
•Employees can work continuously without getting
interrupted because they do not need to change the
cartridges or ribbons in this printer.

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 Advantages of Thermal Printer

•One of the main advantages of a thermal printer, it does

not need any ribbons or cartridges. Thus, the companies
can save the time by using it.
•These types of printers are easy to use as they have fewer
buttons, including the use of software.
•These are beneficial for offices as they provide noise-free
environments.

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 Advantages of Thermal Printer …

•These printers are cheaper and available in several models

and sizes.
•These printers are faster and more efficient in printing
monochromic ones than the other printers.

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 Disadvantages of Thermal Printer

•Thermal printer does not produce colors print out well, like
standard printers.
•At the time of printing, the high heat can be harmful to the
print head.

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 Multifunction Printer

•Multifunction printer is a hardware device that can

perform various tasks such as printing, scanning, faxing,
and copying.
•It is also called the All-in-One printer.
•It is suitable for budget minded businesses that want to
reduce costs, consolidate assets, and improve workflow.

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 Multifunction Printer …

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 Multifunction Printer …

•It can be controlled from their control panel like

standalone copiers.
•No need for more than one unit as it can easily complete
multiple tasks within an office or home simultaneously.

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 Advantages of Multifunction Printer

•Can save initial cost, as instead of purchasing many

printers and fax machines, you can purchase only one large
MFG for multipurpose.
•Beneficial for home and office as they save a lot of floor
space. It may be difficult to find space for the fax machine,
printer, and scanner, but a multifunction printer takes
limited space and can perform multi-task such as a
printing, faxing, and scanning.

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 Advantages of Multifunction Printer …

•The operation functionality is faster as compared to laser

printers or other printers.
•Can send print documents, faxes, scan images, and copy all
at the same time.
•Need only one cable to power the whole setup, which
reduces the congestion and electricity required to run the
device. Thus, the multifunction printer consumes less
power as compared to other printers.

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 Disadvantages of Multifunction Printer

•The operating cost of a multifunction printer is high. Its

maintenance cost is also expensive as it uses ink speedily
as compared to other printers.
•Functions like faxing, copying, and printer, consume ink
faster.

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 Disadvantages of Multifunction Printer …

•These printers perform a task on the basis of first in first

out rule. So all tasks stack up in a queue that can cause
slow the machine. Thus, some people may have to wait to
use the machine.

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 Disadvantages of Multifunction Printer …

•When the multifunction printer is out of service or broken

down, the all work scanning, printing, copying, faxing will
be completely stopped. It can be an issue for an
organization, if they have more requirements for faxing,
copying, and printing the documents.

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 3D Printer

•One of the best enhancements in the history of printing

technology is the 3d printer, which was developed by
Chuck Hull in 1984.
•It produces 3D objects and items by using quality resin.
•It uses materials like plastics, polymers, metal alloys, or
even food ingredients.

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 3D Printer …

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 Applications of 3D Printer

•There are many applications where 3D printers are used,

such as archaeology, aerospace engineering, information
systems, dentistry, and biotechnology.
•For example, it might be used to reconstruct ancient
artifacts of archaeology physically, which have been
destroyed with time.

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 Working of 3D Printer

•The design of an object starts in a computer-aided design

(CAD) software system where its prototype is created.
•The Computer-aided design system sends this prototype to
the printer in STL (Stereolithography) file format.
•The printer then starts the process of recreating the object
layer by layer after reading the prototype in cross-sections.

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 Advantages of 3D Printer

•The main advantage of a 3D printer is that it allows users

to print objects in 3D .
•It has the ability of full customization.
•It is easy to access and cost-effective.
•It prints the documents with better quality.
•It provides users unlimited shapes and geometry.

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 Disadvantages of 3D Printer

•Its initial and resin costs are high.

•3D printing is still developing technology.
•It consumes high energy around 50 to 100 more than
injection molding.
•It includes limited materials
•The 3D printers are slow as they are limitless for mass
customization.

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 Solid Ink Printer

•A laser class solid ink printer is designed to save space and

money on packaging.
•It uses a unique type of ink technology that is melted into
a liquid before being used.
•As inkjet printers stream the ink directly on the paper, but
solid ink printers are different as they stream the ink on
the drum.

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 Solid Ink Printer …

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 Solid Ink Printer …

•Firstly, transferring the ink to the drum than to the printer

is a better way to get a good color combination as a drum
can be controlled appropriately than the moving paper.
•Xerox acquired the color printer division of Tektronix, Inc.,
in 2000.
•The solid ink printer was introduced in the market by
Tektronix, Inc., with its crayon like cartridges.

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 Advantages of Solid Ink Printer

•The print quality of a solid ink printer is good as it

produces dynamic colors and extraordinary print quality
on a broad range of media like envelopes, recycled paper,
transparencies, and cardstock.
•The solid ink printers are easy to handle because these are
made by non-toxic vegetable oils and do not melt in our
hands. Unlike laser or inkjet printers, they do not spill or
leak.

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 Advantages of Solid Ink Printer …

•These types of printers are capable of printing the

documents fast. Generally, it can print up to 30 pages per
minute.
•The ink loading in the solid printer is an easy as it includes
sticks in particular shapes that only go to the correct slot.
These types of printers contain the ink slot on the top of
the printer, and they allow you to replace the ink at any
time, including at the time of printing.

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 Advantages of Solid Ink Printer …

•The solid ink printers are designed in that way; they

comprise only three main assemblies, print drum, print
head, and controller. It takes less space as compared to the
color laser printer.
•Furthermore, these printers and their parts are affordable
than the color toner cartridges and color laser printers.

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 Disadvantages of Solid Ink Printer

•These printers may require warm-up and cool downtime.

•These are sensitive to UV light, and color may fade under
the sunlight with the time.
•These printers consume more power than the laser printer
•These printers are mainly used for a large numbers of
printing. If it is turned off in the middle of the printing, it
will take some time to warm up again.

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 Plotter

•A plotter is a hardware device or a printer, which was first

invented by Remington-Rand in 1953.
•It is developed to print vector graphics and uses a pencil,
pen, marker, or other writing tools for drawing continuous
lines instead of using ink or tonner.
•It is widely used to print a hard copy of schematics and
other similar applications.

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 Plotter …

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 Advantages of Plotter

•A Plotter is capable of working on the large sheet around 2

feet or more with better quality.
•It can print on sheet, steel, plastic, aluminum, plywood,
and any flat sheet material, including paper.

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 Advantages of Plotter

•It has the ability to save all templates and patterns on the
disk. Thus, it can overcome the problem to load the same
pattern again and again.
•It can draw the same pattern thousand times without any
degradation.

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 Disadvantages of Plotter

•The size of a plotter is very large than the traditional

printers.
•Plotters are more expensive as compared to a traditional
printer.

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 Types of Plotter

•Drum Plotter
•Flatbed Plotter
•Electrostatic Plotter
•Inkjet Plotter
•Cutting Plotter

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 Types of Plotter: Drum Plotter

•It is also known as roller plotter.

•It turns the paperback and forth on a drum while pens
move left and right.
•With the help of combining these two directions, the line
can be drawn in any direction.

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 Types of Plotter: Flatbed Plotter

•In flatbed plotter, a paper is placed on a large horizontal

surface.
•A traveling bar moves across the surface and draws the
lines.

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 Types of Plotter: Electrostatic Plotter

•It draws on paper that is charged negatively with positively

charged ink or tonner.

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 Types of Plotter: Inkjet Plotter

•It is a type of Pinch Roller Plotter, which produces an image

with the help of showering little drops of ink on the paper.

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 Types of Plotter: Cutting Plotter

•It is a new generation device that allows users to cut

different shapes.
•It is mainly used for advertising, sign-making, bill board,
and vehicle graphics.

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