Printer

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human-readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media.

Characteristics:

• Speed: From 50m/min to 100m/min.
• Colour: CMYK colour model.
• Resolution: 72px for a bad resolution (large px) and 300 for a good resolution (small px)

Types of printers:

• Laser printer: Laser printers work through electronically charging a piece of paper with the digital images selected for printing.Laser printers are much more efficient than ink-jet printers.

• Ink-jet printer: An ink-jet printer works through spraying minute dots of ink onto paper to create an image. The dots use a combination of different colours to create photo-realistic images.

• 3D printer: A 3D printer is a type of printer that makes 3D objects. It's a type of industrial robot.

• Plotter printer:The plotter is a computer printer for printing vector graphics.Pen plotters print by moving a pen or other instrument across the surface of a piece of paper.