Chapter 2 Sub 3

Output
Chapter 2 Sub 3 Objectives
Summarize the characteristics of ink-jet printers,
photo printers, laser printers, thermal printers,
Describe the four categories of output
mobile printers, label and postage printers,
and plotter and large-format printers

Describe characteristics of a CRT monitor and

Describe the methods used for wireless printing
factors that affect its quality

Explain the relationship between a video card

Describe the uses of speakers and headsets
and CRT monitor

Summarize the characteristics of LCD monitors, Identify the output characteristics of fax machines
LCD screens, gas plasma displays, and fax modems, multifunction peripherals, data
and HDTVs projectors, joysticks, and wheels

Differentiate between an impact printer Identify output options for physically

and a nonimpact printer challenged users
What is Output?
Computer Output is:
 Data that has been processed into a useful form,
called information

 An output device is any hardware component that can convey

information to user
Display Devices
A display device is:
 An output device that
conveys information
visually
 Information on display
device sometimes
called soft copy
 The Monitor houses
display device as
separate peripheral
CRT Monitor
A CRT monitor:
 Contains cathode-ray
tube (CRT)
 Screen coated with tiny
dots of phosphor material
 Each dot consists of a red,
blue, and green phosphor
 Common sizes are 15, 17,
19, 21, and 22 inches
 Viewable size is diagonal
measurement of actual
viewing area
CRT Monitor
Monitor resolution:
 Determines the sharpness and
clarity of image
 Higher resolution makes image
sharper, displays more text on
screen, makes some elements
smaller

 Monitor refresh rate is speed at

which monitor redraws
images on screen
 CRT Monitor

Video: from the processor to a CRT monitor?

 Video card (also called a graphics card) converts digital
output from computer into analog video signal
Step 5. Electron guns fire the
Step 1. The processor Step 3. The
three color signals to the
sends digital video analog signal is
front of the CRT.
data to the video sent through a
card. cable to the CRT
monitor. Step 4. The CRT
monitor separates the
analog signal into red,
green, and blue signals.

Step 6. An image is displayed on the

Step 2. The video card’s digital- screen when the electrons hit phosphor
to-analog converter (DAC) dots on the back of the screen.
converts the digital video data to
an analog signal.
CRT Monitor
Video standards:
 Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
develops video standards
Video Cards What advantage would
there be in having a 256 MB
Video card configurations: video card rather than a
Note Differences in: 16MB video card?
Memory,
Color Depth (What is this?),
No of colors (How does this relate to color depth?)
Resolution
Flat-Panel Displays
A flat panel display:
 Uses liquid crystal display
 Also called LCD monitor
 Takes up less desk space
than CRT monitor
 Consumes less than
one-third the power
Using multiple LCD monitors:
 Position multiple monitors side-
by-side or stacked to run multiple
applications simultaneously
 When would this be
advantageous?
 Flat-Panel Displays
LCD [Liquid Crystal Display]
 Uses liquid compound to Step 2. As light passes through liquid crystal,
present information on a electrical charge causes some of the cells to
twist, making light waves bend as they pass
display through color filter.

Step 1. Panel
of fluorescent
tubes emits
light waves
through Step 3. When light reaches second
polarizing glass Liquid crystal cells polarizing glass filter, light is
filter, which allowed to pass through any cells
guides light Transparent electrodes that line up at the first polarizing
toward layer of Alignment layer glass filter. Absence and presence
Color filter
liquid crystal of colored light cause image to
Polarizing glass filter
cells. Fluorescent tube panel display on the screen.
Flat-Panel Displays
Some mobile devices have LCD screens:
 Notebooks
 Tablet PCs
 PDAs
 Smart phones
 Flat-Panel Displays
Using an LCD monitor with a video card:
 Plug monitor into Digital Video Interface (DVI) port
on computer

standard monitor
port S-video port

Many LCD monitor also have DVI port

standard monitor port adapters
and are capable of displaying both analog
and digital information
Flat-Panel Displays
Gas plasma monitors:
 Display image by applying voltage to layer of gas
 Larger screen size and higher display quality than LCD, but
much more expensive
Flat-Panel Displays
An emerging technology: Interactive TV

Select a movie from a Vote or respond to

Bank
central library of movies network questionnaires

Two-way communications HDTV

(high-definition television)
technology in which users interact works directly with
with television programming interactive TV

Shop Play games Video conference

 Printers
portrait
A printer is:
 An output device that
produces text and
graphics on paper
 Result is hard copy, or
printout
 Two orientations: portrait
and landscape
landscape
How do you know which printer to buy?

 Depends on printing needs

Budget Future needs
Speed System compatibility
Photo printing Many more
 Impact Printers
Impact printers forms characters by striking mechanism against
inked ribbon that contacts paper

Dot-matrix printer
 Impact printer that produces printed
images when tiny wire pins strike ribbon

Line printer
 High-speed impact printer that prints entire line at a time
Band printer prints fully
formed characters using a
hammer mechanism
Shuttle-matrix printer is high-
speed printer that works like
dot-matrix printer
 Nonimpact Printers
Nonimpact printers forms characters and graphics without striking
paper

An ink-jet printer is:

 A type of nonimpact printer that
sprays tiny drops of liquid ink
onto paper
 Prints in black-and-white or
color on a variety of paper
types
Nonimpact Printers
Printer resolution:
 Affects sharpness and clarity of printout
 Measured by number of dots per inch (dpi) printer
can output
Nonimpact Printers
Ink-jet printer:
print cartridge

nozzle
print head
firing
resistor chamber

bubble nozzle ink ink ink dot

paper

Step 1. A small resistor Step 2. The Step 3. Step 4. As the vapor

heats the ink, causing vapor bubble Ink drops bubble collapses,
the ink to boil and form forces the ink onto the fresh ink is drawn
a vapor bubble. through the paper. into the firing
nozzle. chamber.
Nonimpact Printers
A laser printer is:
 A high-speed, high-quality
nonimpact printer
 Prints text and graphics in very high-
quality resolution, ranging from 600 to
2,400 dpi
 Typically costs more than
ink-jet printer, but is much faster
 Printout ink is usually less likely to
run etc than ink-jet printer
 Nonimpact Printers
How does a laser printer work?
Step 2. Rotating mirror deflects
low-powered laser beam across
surface of drum.

Step 1. After user sends Step 5. Set of

an instruction to print a rollers uses heat
document, drum rotates and pressure to
as gears and rollers feed permanently fuse
sheet of paper into toner to paper.
printer.

Step 4. As drum continues to

rotate and press against paper,
toner transfers from drum to
paper.
Step 3. Laser beam creates
a charge that causes toner
to stick to drum.
Nonimpact Printers
A thermal printer:
 Generates images by pushing electrically heated pins
against heat-sensitive paper
 Dye-sublimation printer, (also called a digital photo printer)
uses heat to transfer dye to specially coated paper

home use

professional
Nonimpact Printers
A mobile printer is:
 Small, lightweight, battery-powered
printer that allows mobile user to
print from notebook computer,
Tablet PC, or PDA while traveling

A label printer is:

 Small printer that prints on adhesive-type
material
 Most also print bar codes
 Postage printer has built-in
digital scale and prints
postage stamps
 Nonimpact Printers
A plotter is:
 Sophisticated printer used to
produce high-quality drawings
 Large-format printer creates
photo-realistic-quality color prints

A photo printer is:

 Color printer that produces photo-lab-quality pictures

media card

photo
printer media cards
Nonimpact Printers
Wireless printing is when:
 Computer output is transmitted to printer wirelessly
via infrared light waves or radio waves
 Bluetooth printing uses radio waves
 Devices need to be within 30-foot range
 Speakers and Headsets
An audio output device is:
 A computer component (hardware) that produces music,
speech, or other sounds
 Speakers and headsets are common audio output devices

Voice output
 Internet telephony (VoIP) allows
you to have conversation
over Web
(Skype SkypeOut etc)
Other Output Devices
A facsimile (fax) machine is:
 A device that transmits and receives documents over
telephone lines
A fax modem:
 Modem that allows you to send and receive electronic
documents as faxes
internal fax card
in system unit
external fax
modem

fax machine
Other Output Devices
A multifunction peripheral:
 Provides functionality
of printer, scanner,
copy machine, and
fax machine
Other Output Devices
A data projector is:
 A device that takes
image from computer
screen and projects it
onto larger screen
Other Output Devices
Force feedback is:
 When a device reacts to computer output to send
resistance to joystick or wheel in response to actions of
user
Output Devices for Physically Challenged Users

Output options are available for visually impaired users?

 Windows Magnifier command
enlarges text
and other items on screen
 Change Window settings,
such as increasing size or
changing color of text to
make words easier to read
 Blind users can work with
voice output
 Braille printer outputs
information in Braille
onto paper
Summary of Output

CRT monitors Fax machines and fax modems

Flat-panel displays Multifunction peripherals

Printers Data projectors

Speakers and headsets Force feedback joysticks and wheels

Chapter 2 Sub 3 Complete