Types of Non-Impact Printers

Non-Impact Printers

This type of printer does not involve actually striking the paper. Instead, it uses a spray of printer ink or else toner powder.

Advantages:	Quiet! Can handle graphics and often a wider variety of fonts than impact printers.
Disadvantages:	More expensive Slower

Ink Jet

Sprays ink onto paper to form characters

Advantages:	Quiet High quality text and graphics. Some can do color.
Disadvantages:	Cannot use multiple-copy paper Ink can smear

Thermal

Uses heat on chemically treated paper to form characters. Fax machines that use rolls of paper are also of this type.

Advantages:	Quiet
Disadvantages:	Relatively slow Expensive, requiring special paper Cannot use multiple-copy paper

Page Printer

Works like a copy machine, using toner and a heat bar. Laser printers are in this category.

Advantages:	Quiet Faster than other non-impact printers, from 4 to 16 ppm (pages per minute) High quality print and graphics. Some can do color.
Disadvantages:	More expensive than impact printers Cannot use multiple-copy paper

Thus, Things to Consider When Choosing a Printer:

How much output?	What speed is needed? Is heavy-duty equipment necessary?
Quality of output needed?	Resolution needed Photo quality?
Location of printer?	How big a footprint can be handled? Is loudness important?
Multiple carbon copies?	Does your work require you to use multiple-carbon paper?
Expense of ink or toner?	How much does a cartridge cost and how many pages will it produce? How is that number measured?? Photo inks are more expensive!
Number of cartridges?	Just one 3-color cartridge or separate black and color cartridges or a cartridge for each color(best, if you can afford it!)

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