0
A scanner is an output device because it doesn't receive data it only sends out data.
Jadyn Sporer
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoAnything that sends data TO the computer is an INPUT device. Scanner sends images, keyboard sends key strokes and mouse sends position changes.
On the other hand, anything that gets data FROM a computer is an OUTPUT device. Printer outputs picture or text on paper, speakers output music and monitor outputs graphics on screen.
As a general rule, analogue to digital is INPUT and digital to analogue is OUTPUT. What you can see, fee and hear is analogue and what is represented by bits is digital.
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoIt is both. It inputs an image and then outputs that image to your computer or prints it out, your choice.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoit is a output device
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Is an scanner an input or output device?
A scanner is an input device because it sends (or 'inputs') information to the computer.
Scanner is output or input device?
scanner is an input device. it is used to store data in a computer.
are scanner an input or output?
Scanner is a input device. Printer is one of the output device. All like keyboard, scanner, mouse are input devices.
Is the scanner is input as well as output device?
Scanner can never be an output device! You most understand that scanner, falls into input device that helps to take input from the user into the computer.
Is a scanner an input and output device?
Input
Is an scanner an output device?
No, it is an input. The data goes in to the computer from the scanner, not out of the computer to the scanner.
Is printer an input or output device and why?
A simple printer is an output device. A printer/scanner is both an input and an output device.
Is a flatbed scanner a input or output device?
output
Is a printer input?
No, it is classed as an output device - same as the computer's monitor. Both of which show the result of your input from the keyboard, etc.
Is a scanner is a input or an output?
A scanner is an input device, like a microphone. You cannot send data from your computer to the scanner, only from the scanner to the computer.
Is an scanner a imput or output?
A scanner is an input device because you cannot send data from your computer to the scanner, only from the scanner to the computer.
Can scanner be used as an input or output device?
Scanners can only be used as an input device. They scan the image placed inside/ontop and digitalise it and display it on your computer screen. The only type of scanner that can output is an "all-in-one" scanner/printer that can print out the images you scan in or other images from your PC, but that is not technically a scanner, it is a scanner, printer combination. So no, Scanners can only be used as input devices.
