What is the differennce between impact printers and non- impact printers?

Answer 1

Impact printers use actuators that tap print elements against the paper, usually pressing an intervening ink-impregnated ribbon , to create shapes of letters or graphics characters on the page. The print elements may be fully-formed characters or may be matrices of pins that produce characters or images formed from dot patterns. Examples are dot-matrix printers, typewriter-style printers, and commercial line printers,

Non-impact printers are of very different kinds. Laser printers heat-fuse toner to charged locations on a page, and inkjet printers express tiny droplets of ink onto the page, using dot patterns to compose letters and other images.

Answer 2

An impact printer, dot matrix, fires pins (usually 9 to 24 pins) against an inked ribbon to leave an impression on the paper. Being an impact means that multi-sheets, fan-fold, continuous listing paper (mainly used in offices) can be used with a tractor feed roller to feed the paper through the printer. A tractor feed roller is a roller that has pegs that engage in the holes punched along both edges of the paper.

A non-impact printer, inkjet, laser, thermal, does not come in contact with the paper. An inkjet, for instance, sprays fine jets of ink to form characters or graphics on single-sheet paper. A laser uses heat on a dry resinous toner powder, and static electricity, to put an impression on a rotating drum. Transfer then takes place without impact. A thermal uses heat to burn an impression on treated paper to leave an impression without impact.

Answer 3

Dot-matrix: Impact printers fire pins against an inked-ribbon to put dots of ink on to the paper. It can be used to print on multi-page, fan-fold, listing paper.

Inkjet: Non-impact printers sprays a fine jet of ink on to the paper without touching the paper's surface.

Answer 4

The difference between impact and non - impact printer is as follows:

Impact printer / Dot-matrix Printer

Non impact Printer / Laser Printer

1. It prints characters or images by striking print hammer or wheel against an inked ribbon. 1. It prints characters and images without striking the papers.

2. Its speed is slower. 2. Its speed is faster.

3. Its printing quality is lower. 3. Its printing quality is higher.

4. It normally uses continuous paper sheet. 4. Its normally uses individual paper sheet.

5. It generates noise during printing. 5. It does not generate noise during printing.

6. It uses inked ribbon for printing. 6. It uses toner or cartridge for painting.

7. It is less expensive. 7. It is more expensive.

8. Dot matrix is an impact printer. 8. Laser printer is a non-impact printer.

Answer 5

Impact: Dot matrix, daisywheel, chain, line printers

Non Impact: Inkjet, thermal, Laser

Answer 6

impact printers uses pin to print images while non impact printers uses drum or ink sprayed unto the paper

Answer 7

impact printer and non impact printers

Answer 8

only only printing quality