Different types of printer


Hi friends,Here i am explaining  Different Types of printers ?


Printers mainly classified as two

1.impact printers
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Impact printer refers to a class of printers that work by banging a head or needle against an ink ribbon to make a mark on the paper.

Eg:Dot-matrix printer(you can see this type of printers at banks)

2.Non-impact printers.
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Printers using toner or cartridge for printing that is called Non imapact printers.

Eg:Inkjet printer,Laser printer(Printers mainly used for home/office purpose).

This is the basic idea about printers. but here I am explaining about in an organisation printers are classified in different ways, hat are the different printers ?why I have given this blog means if your a server admin/system admin you need to study all about this and this is one of the interview questions also.

a).Stand alone printer
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Stand alone printer means a particular printer is connected to a particular PC. That PC can access and print through the printer.Eg:In our home we are connected like that just connect one printer to a PC.

b).Network printer
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Network printer means is it is directly connected to a switch and we are not setting a particular ip for that printer.install printer driver and select printer as n/w printer.it is a shared printer.

c).TCP/IP printer
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TCP/IP Printer means the printer is connected to a Network or suit, but we are manually assigned a particular IP address to that printer.
You can directly connect that printer with PC through LAN cable and directly enter into printer admin page through By default it is http://192.168.1.1.username and password you can see in the modem manual/back side.

d).Bluetooth printer
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Bluetooth Printer means it works with Bluetooth connection instead of LAN/USB

e).Wireless printer

Wireless Printer is the advance printer in the market it work with WIFI technology.
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