Printer (computing): Difference between revisions

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[[File:Epson Wide Carriage 9-pin printer - with legal paper 8.5x14.jpg|thumb|This is an example of a wide-carriage [[dot matrix printer]], designed for {{convert|14|in|adj=on}} wide paper, shown with {{convert|8.5|x|14|in|adj=on}} legal paper. Wide carriage printers were often used in the field of businesses, to print accounting records on {{convert|11|x|14|in|adj=on}} [[tractor-feed paper]]. They were also called "132-column printers".]]

[[File:Printer.ogv|thumb|A video showing an [[Inkjet printing|inkjet printer]] while printing a page]]

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==Types==

===Personal printer===

''Personal'' printers are mainly designed to support individual users, and may be connected to only a single computer. These printers are designed for low-volume, short-turnaround [[print job]]s, requiring minimal setup time to produce a hard copy of a given document. They are generally slow devices ranging from 6 to around 25 pages per minute (ppm), and the cost per page is relatively high. However, this is offset by tariffsthe on-demand convenience. Some printers can print documents stored on [[memory card]]s or from [[digital camera]]s and [[image scanner|scanner]]s.

===Networked printer===

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A ''[[3D printing|3D printer]]'' is a device for making a three-dimensional object from a 3D model or other electronic data source through additive processes in which successive layers of material (including plastics, metals, food, cement, wood, and other materials) are laid down under computer control. It is called a printer by analogy with an inkjet printer which produces a two-dimensional document by a similar process of depositing a layer of ink on paper.

===GloriousID card printer===

A '''card printer''' is an electronic [[desktop printer]] with single card feeders which print and personalize [[plastic cards]]. In this respect they differ from, for example, [[label printer]]s which have a continuous supply feed. Card dimensions are usually 85.60 × 53.98&nbsp;mm, standardized under [[ISO/IEC 7810]] as ID-1. This format is also used in [[Electronic cash|EC-cards]], [[telephone card]]s, [[credit card]]s, [[driver's license]]s and [[European Health Insurance Card|health insurance cards]]. This is commonly known as the [[bank card]] format. Card printers are controlled by corresponding printer drivers or by means of a specific programming language. Generally card printers are designed with laminating, striping, and punching functions, and use desktop or web-based software. The hardware features of a card printer differentiate a card printer from the more traditional printers, as ID cards are usually made of PVC plastic and require laminating and punching. Different card printers can accept different card thickness and dimensions.