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Output Devices

Here are a few of the crucial output devices found in computers:


Monitors,
Graphic plotters,
Printers.

Monitors
Monitors, also known as Visual Display Units (VDU), are
a
computer's primary output device. Pixels, which are very small dots
arranged
in a rectangular pattern, are used to create images. The amount of
pixels
affects how crisp the image is.
For monitors, there are two different types of viewing screens.
• Flat-Panel Display.
• Cathode-Ray Tube.

Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT) Monitor


The CRT display is composed of tiny visual components
known as
pixels. The image clarity or resolution increases with pixel size.
For example, the letter "e" in the word "help" is made up of many
lighted
A screen can only accommodate a certain number of
pixels.
characters at once.
A character box is a fixed spot on the screen where a standard
character can
be positioned. The screen can be divided into a number of
character boxes.
Most screens have a horizontal data display capacity of 80
characters and a
vertical data display capacity of 25 lines.
There are a few drawbacks to CRT.
• Large in Size
• High power consumption
Flat-Panel Display Monitor
A type of television devices known as flat-panel
displays differ
from CRTs in terms of volume, weight, and power requirements.
You can wear
them around your wrists or hang them from walls. Calculators,
video games,
Two categories of flat-panel displays are distinguished.
monitors, laptop computers, and graphical displays are some of the
modern
• Emissive display -Devices that turn electrical energy into light
uses
arefor flat-panel
called displays.
emissive display. Examples include LED and plasma
panels (Light-Emitting
Diodes).

• Non-Emissive Displays - These displays turn light from the sun


or other
sources into graphic patterns using optical effects. LCD is one
example
(Liquid-Crystal Device)
Printers
Printing information on paper is done using a printer, which is
an output
device.
Two different kinds of printers exist.
• Impact Printers
• Non-Impact Printers

Impact Printers
Characters are printed on the paper by the impact printers by
striking the
ribbon,
Impactwhich is then
printers havepressed against the
the following paper.
characteristics.
• 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 come in two varieties.
• Character printers
• Line printers

Character Printers
Printers that print one character at a time are known as
character
These areprinters.
further divided into two types
• Dot Matrix Printer (DMP)
• Daisy Wheel

Dot Matrix Printer


Dot Matrix Printers are among the most widely used printers on
the market. These printers are well-liked due to how simple and
inexpensive they are to
use. The head of the printer is made up of a matrix of pins with
sizes of (5*7,
7*9, 9*7, or 9*9), and each character is printed as a pattern of dots;
therefore,
the name "dot matrix printer."
Advantages
• Inexpensive
• Widely Used
• Other language characters can be printed

Disadvantages
• Slow Speed
• Poor Quality
Daisy Wheel
The Daisy Wheel Printer is so named because the head is
perched on a wheel and the pins that represent the characters
resemble the petals of the
Daisy (flower). These printers are typically used for word processing
in offices
Advantages
that need
• More to send
reliable outDMP
than occasional, high-quality letters.
• Better quality
• The fonts of character can be easily changed
Disadvantages
• Slower than DMP
• Noisy
• More expensive than DMP
Line Printers
Printers that print one line at a time are called line printers.
These are of two further categories.
• Drum Printer
• Chain Printer
Drum Printer
Drum printer is the name given to this printer
because of its
shape. There are numerous tracks on the surface of the drum. Total
tracks are
equivalent to paper size, so a drum with 132 tracks has a paper
width of 132
characters. On the track is an embossed character set. There are
three different
Advantages
character sets on the market: a 48-character set, a 64-character set,
• Very
and high speed
a 96-
character set. One line is printed each drum revolution. Drum
Disadvantages
printers print
• Very
300 expensive
to 2000 lines per minute, making them quick machines.
• Characters’ fonts cannot be changed
Chain Printer
This printer is known as a chain printer because it uses
a chain of
character sets. 48, 64, or 96 characters make up a typical character
set.
Advantages
• Character fonts can easily be changed.
• Different languages can be used with the same printer.

Disadvantages
• Noisy
Non-impact Printers
Characters are printed without the need of ribbon on
non-impact
printers. Because they print an entire page at once, these printers
are also
These printers are of two types
known as page printers.
• Laser Printers
• Inkjet Printers

Non-impact printer characteristics


• Faster than impact printers.
• They are not noisy.
• High quality.
• Support many fonts and different character size.
Laser Printers
These printers don't use impact technology. The dots
required to
create the characters that will be printed on a page are created
using laser
Advantages
lights.
• 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
Non-impact character printers that use inkjet technology
are relatively
new. They use little drops of ink to print characters onto paper. The
output Due to the absence of hammering, they are quieter
from inkjet
and offer a printers is of a high calibre and has appealing features.
variety of printing options. Printing in color is also an option.
Multiple
Advantages
copies of the same print job can be produced by some inkjet printer
• High quality printing
types.
• More reliable

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

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