1. Output Devices
AS ICT

2. Printers
Volume of output
Quality of output
Location
Requirements

3. Ink Jet Printer Advantages Compact Quiet Good resolution
Can use a variety of paper – i.e. card, transparencies, photo paper
Usually has a scanner
Disadvantages
Slow when text and colour
Ink can smear
Ink cartridges are expensive

4. Need more pins to get clearer characters…
Dot Matrix Printer
Need more pins to get clearer characters…
The more the merrier!
Disadvantages
Slow
Poor Colour
Noisy
Old type of printer
Impact printer
Small pins

5. Laser Printer Produces high quality print Fast output Very quiet
Although replacement cartridges are expensive, print works out cheaper thank inkjet.
Usually used by businesses

6. Plotters Cartridge Paper Pens move up and down the cartridge
Pen/Vector Plotters
Penless/Raster Plotters
Drum Plotters
Flatbed Plotters
Cartridge moves from one end to the other.
Cartridge
Pens move up and down the cartridge
Paper

7. Monitors
Attributes:
Size
Colour
Resolution
LCD
TFT
Touchscreen

8. Other
Projectors
Sound