Output Devices on Computers

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Output Devices
We all use output devices in our normal day to day life, most of us use them a lot more than we may realize now that we are in school. An output device is any processing equipment used to communicate the results of data carried out by a computer or other processing devices which turns information into an easier form for us to read. (Wikipedia).
The two main kinds of output devices that we use, this includes the printer and the display monitor. The printer is used for processing text and graphic onto paper. The ink-jet printer and laser printer are the two commonly used today with personal computers. Most ink-jet printers are reasonably fast, being about to print 12 to 36 pages a minute. The laser printer works like a copy machine and can produce many pages per minute depending on how much you would like to spend. (Shelly and Vermaat COM 9)
The two main ways printers work is either impact or nonimpact. Impact printers have a device that touches the paper and then creates an image while nonimpact does not touch the paper. The type we use most often in our homes is the nonimpact printers; these include the ink-jet and laser printers. The ink-jet printer drops ink from a nozzle onto the paper. The laser printer is a bit more complicated because it uses toner, static electricity, and heat to get the ink where you want it on the paper. This is nice though because it decreases the drying time that may cause ink to smear, especially when you are printing pictures. (Tyson)
The other type of printer that many of us may want in our house is a photo printer. These printers are mostly ink-jet printers. They are able to print colored images. Most of the photo printers are now programed so all you have to do is stick your memory ...

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...with these devices and figured out how to make them work. I cannot wait to see what the future of output devices has to offer us.

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