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4 Lecture T Hree - Output Devices

The document provides an overview of output, defining it as processed data conveyed through various output devices. It details different types of display devices, printers, and audio output devices, highlighting their functionalities and technologies. Additionally, it mentions accessibility options for users with disabilities.

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4 Lecture T Hree - Output Devices

The document provides an overview of output, defining it as processed data conveyed through various output devices. It details different types of display devices, printers, and audio output devices, highlighting their functionalities and technologies. Additionally, it mentions accessibility options for users with disabilities.

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Understanding Output

ANOKYE ACHEAMPONG AMPONSAH


Objectives Overview
What Is Output?
• Output is data that has been processed into a useful information
What Is Output?
• An output device is any type of hardware component that conveys information
to one or more people

Speakers,
Display devices Printers headphones, Data projectors
and earbuds

Force-feedback
Interactive
game Tactile output
whiteboards
controllers
Display Devices
• A display device visually
conveys text, graphics, and
video information
• A monitor is packaged as a
separate peripheral
• LCD monitor
• Widescreen
Display Devices
• The quality of an LCD monitor or LCD screen depends primarily on:

Resolution Response time Brightness

Dot pitch Contrast ratio


Display Devices
• Resolution is the
number of horizontal
and vertical pixels in a
display device
• A higher resolution uses
a greater number of
pixels
Display Devices
• The graphics processing unit (GPU) controls the manipulation and display of
graphics on a display device
• LCD monitors use a digital signal and should plug into a DVI port, an HDMI port,
or a DisplayPort
Display Devices
• Plasma monitors are display devices that use gas plasma technology and offer
screen sizes up to 150 inches
Display Devices
• Televisions also are a good
output device
• Require a converter if you are
connecting your computer to
an analog television
• Digital television (DTV) offers
a crisper, higher-quality
output
• HDTV is the most advanced
form of digital television
Display Devices
• A CRT monitor is a desktop monitor that contains a cathode-ray tube
• Have a much larger footprint than do LCD monitors
Differences in Display Technology
Printers
• A printer produces text
and graphics on a
physical medium
• Printed information is
called a hard copy, or
printout
• Landscape or portrait
orientation
Printers
Before purchasing a printer, ask yourself a series of questions:
Printers
• A nonimpact printer forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper
without actually striking the paper

Ink-jet Photo Laser Thermal


printers printers printers printers

Label and Large-


Mobile
postage Plotters format
printers
printers printers
Printers
• An ink-jet printer forms characters and graphics by spraying tiny drops of
liquid ink onto a piece of paper
• Color or black-and-white
• Printers with a higher dpi (dots per inch) produce a higher quality output
Printers

• A photo printer produces color photo-lab-quality pictures

• Mostly use ink-jet technology

• PictBridge allows you to print photos directly from a digital camera

• Print from a memory card and preview photos on a built-in LCD screen
Printers
Printers
High-
speed

Black-
and-
Laser High-
printer quality
white

Color
Printers
• A multifunction peripheral (MFP) is a single device that prints, scans, copies,
and in some cases, faxes
• Sometimes called an all-in-one device
Printers
• A thermal printer generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against
the heat-sensitive paper

wax-transfer
priThermalnter

Dye-sublimation
printer
Printers
• A mobile printer is a small,
lightweight, battery-powered
printer that allows a mobile
user to print from a notebook
computer, smart phone, or
other mobile device
Printers
• A label printer is a small printer that prints on adhesive-type material
• A postage printer prints postage stamps
• Postage also can be printed on other types of printers
Printers
• Plotters are used to produce high-quality drawings
• Large-format printers create photo-realistic quality color prints on a
larger scale
Printers
• Impact printers form characters and graphics on a piece of paper by
striking a mechanism against an inked ribbon that physically contacts
the paper

Dot-matrix Line
printer printer
Printers

• A dot-matrix printer
produces printed images
when tiny wire pins on a
print head mechanism
strike an inked ribbon
• A line printer prints an
entire line at a time
Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• An audio output device produces music, speech, or other sounds

Most computer users attach speakers


to their computers to:
• Generate higher-quality sounds for playing
games
• Interact with multimedia presentations
• Listen to music
• View movies
Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• Headphones are speakers that
cover or are placed outside of
the ear
• Earbuds (also called earphones)
rest inside the ear canal
Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• Some speakers are specifically designed to play audio from a
portable media player
• Wireless speakers
Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds

Voice output occurs when you hear a


person’s voice or when the computer talks to
you through the speakers
• Some Web sites dedicate themselves to providing voice
output
• Often works with voice input
• VoIP uses voice output and voice input
Other Output Devices
• Other output devices are available for specific uses and
applications

Interactive
Data projectors
whiteboards

Force-feedback
Tactile output
game controllers
Other Output Devices
• A data projector is a device
that takes the text and
images displaying on a
computer screen and
projects them on a larger
screen
• LCD projector
• Digital light processing (DLP)
projector
Other Output Devices
• An interactive whiteboard is a touch-sensitive device, resembling a
dry-erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer
screen
Other Output Devices
• Force-feedback sends
resistance to the device in
response to actions of the
user
• Tactile output provides the
user with a physical
response from the device
Output Devices for Physically Challenged Users

• Many accessibility options exist for users with various disabilities


Summary
• Various methods of output

• Several commonly used output devices

• Display devices, printers, speakers, headphones, earbuds, data


projectors, interactive whiteboards, force-feedback game controllers,
and tactile output

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