What are the advantages of impact printers?

Answer 1

They can make carbon copies and they are somewhat cheaper to operate because they generally use inked ribbons instead of expensive ink cartridges.

Answer 2

A type of printer that works by spraying ionized ink at a sheet of paper. Magnetized plates in the ink's path direct the ink onto the paper in the desired shapes. Ink-jet printers are capable of producing high quality print approaching that produced by laser printers. A typical ink-jet printer provides aresolution of 300 dots per inch, although some newer models offer higher resolutions.

In general, the price of ink-jet printers is lower than that of laser printers. However, they are also considerably slower. Another drawback of ink-jet printers is that they require a special type of ink that is apt to smudge on inexpensive copier paper.

Because ink-jet printers require smaller mechanical parts than laser printers, they are especially popular as portable printers. In addition, color ink-jet printers provide an inexpensive way to print full-color documents.

Answer 3

Although laser printers have historically been superior to inkjets, newer inkjet printers have been show to have several advantages. In recent studies, newer inkjet printers have proven themselves to be cheap and quieter than most modern laser printers.