Printer (English printer - printer) - digital printing device to the hard disk imaging media, traditionally on paper. Refers to the terminal devices company.
The printing process is called printing, and the resulting document - either a hard copy printout. Printers are inkjet, laser, dot matrix, literal, sublimation and thermal and consistent color print - black and white (monochrome) and color. Sometimes a laser printer isolated in a separate category of LED printers. Monochrome printers have their own niche and are unlikely (in the future) will be completely replaced with color.
A proliferation of multifunction devices (MFPs), which in a single device connected printer, scanner, copier and fax. This compound is technically efficient and comfortable to use. Large format (A3, A2, and more) printers are sometimes mistakenly referred to as plotters.
Digital photography begins with a scene of creation and implementation of a photosensor or photosensor - photosensitive device consisting of a matrix and the analog-to-digital converter.
As the prevalence favorite is inkjet printing, the second - a laser, the third - dye, 4 - matrix. With inkjet, laser and dot matrix printing methods linearity is 300-80-30 lpi, and depending on the resolution of the instrument. With sublimation printing halftone screen frequency received over 300 lpi, therefore, more widespread use of monochrome laser and matrix technology acquire printing words and graphics, and full-color dye-sublimation photo printers used in the design. Color Inkjet shows excellent results when printing the words, graphics and photos.
Recently, printers are increasingly began to be used not only for printing on paper. Ham radio operators use laser printers in the "laser-utyuzhnoy" technology boards, causing the mask to etch with the aid of a laser printer. The same design is used for writing or images, including color, in case of radio devices and other bulky items that do not fit the regular way to the printer. It's enough to multiply mirrored text on wax paper and make a flat heater pressure on the hot subject.
Printer manufacturers recommend refill their printer ink or toner their own manufacture. But, technically prevent the use of ink and toner from extraneous manufacturers so hard as to produce a car that runs only on fuel from the vehicle manufacturer. The acquisition of so called branded cartridges cost more expensive than refilling ink cartridges or toner from extraneous manufacturers.