Subscribe to the BlogPrinters are output devices. They are devices that are used to get output from the computer in the form of hard copy. There are various kinds of printer available and they differentiated by quality of print and usage. They also vary in terms of speed. Speed of the printers were measured in no. of lines per second.
Printers are hardware resources which can be shared by LAN network as well. The printers that we choose should be based on our usage. If the output we require is of high resolution and needs much higher quality then we go for Laser printers. The laser printer uses toner. The speed of the laser printer is measured in no. of sheets per second. For example; if we have to take a print out of a picture, then we might need a laser printer.
Line printers or printers that use cartridge are used when we have to take print outs of voluminous data. For example : reports or invoices etc. They may not be of high resolution.
There are leading companies like HP, Canon , Dell etc that sell printer and their accessories. The toner , HP Printer Ink Cartridges are all accessories of printer that could be refilled for a limited number of times to extend usage.