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Output Devices
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Mind Map on Output Devices, created by Bei Wei Chong on 02/12/2015.
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Output Devices
Plotter
Function
Produce large, accurate drawings
Blueprints of buildings, maps, giant posters and adverts
Draw image on the page using coloured pens which are moved around the paper by a computer
Drum and flatbed
Printing on very large pieces of paper
Advantages
Produce much larger printouts
Extremely high quality
Cut out designs for use in sign making
Disadvantages
Very slow
Very expansive to buy
Very expansive to maintain
Dot Matrix Printer
Disadvantages
Very noisy
Very slow
Very poor quality
Function
A set of pins to press an inked ribbon against paper
Robust and can be used in noisy and dirty environment
Can make 'Carbon Copies' of a document using special 'Carbon paper'
Advantages
Ideal only in dusty and dirty environment
Cheap to buy and run
Carbon copies
Good for continuos printing
Laser Printer
Advantages
Very fast
Toner cartridges last long
High volume printouts
Very quiet
High quality
Don't breakdown as easily as inkjet printers
Cheaper to run than inkjet printer
Disadvantages
Environment unfriendly
Produce ozone
Use more power than inkjet printers
More expansive to buy
Large in size
Function
Use toner pressed on a page to produce printed documents
Buffer memory which stores the information for the whole document
Using a laser beam to 'draw' onto a drum
Ink Jet Printer
Function
Ink is stored in and delivered to the paper via an ink cartridge
Small amount of internal memory
Spraying ink onto a paper
Idea for single page, low volume printing
Advantages
Very high quality
Cheaper to buy
Smaller than laser printer
Do not produce ozone and harmful compounds
Very quiet
Disadvantages
Slow printing rates
Don't last long
Espansive to run
Easily smudge
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