A printer is a device for converting digital text and images (stored in electronic form) into physical copies on paper. Printing is used for a wide variety of purposes including creating documents, reports and presentations. Printers can also be used to produce 3D objects from computer controlled data. Printers are connected to computers via dedicated data cables such as USB or wireless options such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Ethernet.
Modern printers are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. The most common types are laser, inkjet and thermal printers. The printing technologies differ in the way minuscule dots are transferred onto paper to recreate the digital image or text.
Inkjet printers use liquid ink produced by coloured dye or solid pigments in suspension. As the printer head moves across the page, a nozzle in the print head is activated and a small drop of ink is ejected and deposited on the paper. The individual dots combine to create a continuous or raster-based image, which looks solid due to the tiny size of the dots.
Laser printers are a type of personal computer printer that uses non-impact photocopier technology (keys do not strike the paper). When a document is printed, a laser beam uses electrical charges to draw the document outline on a selenium-coated drum. The drum is then rolled in toner, a dry powder type of ink. The toner sticks to the drum’s charged image and is bonded to the paper using pressure and heat.
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