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Getting to Know Inkjet Printers  by: Bill Smith Inkjet printers were born in the 1980s, replacing the popular dot matrix printer. Inkjet printers drop droplets of ink onto printer paper to produce text and images. The drops of ink are actually smaller than the width of a strand of hair, so don’t expect to actually see individual droplets on your printouts. It’s not like the older dot matrix, which produced much larger drops of ink. There are several major printer technologies- the two largest categories being impact and non-impact. As you probably guessed, impact printers work by actually touching the paper to produce text and images. Dot matrix printers fall in this category. Non impact printers never actually touch the paper. Both inkjet and laser printers fall into this category. So what makes an inkjet printer work? There are several key components found in all inkjet printers that make them tick. The most important and fragile piece of any printer is the print head. It contains the ink-emitting nozzles. The ink cartridges hold the actual ink that is fed into the head. The stepper motor powers the print head, propelling it back and forth across the paper. A stabilizer bar ensures that that the movements of the print head are controlled and precise. Paper is fed into the printer via a feeder. The paper is pulled inside the printer by several rollers. Of course, none of these components would function without power. Most printers use standard power supply. Your computer talks to the printer through interface ports, most commonly, the USB port. About The Author Bill Smith is an expert on printers. Read more about printer and ink at http://www.castleink.com. You can reprint this article as long as you provide a link to http://www.castleink.com. This article was posted on January 10, 2006   View More Videos from the "Computers and Internet" category: How to Add Pages and Menu to Your Wix.com Website 3/6 Digitas Europe Creates a Branded Video Campaign for Nissan Qashqai Explore the world with Google Earth #8 - Google Earth Places How Taboola Helps Brightcove Get More Hits   Read More Articles from the "Computers and Internet" Category: Your PC can contribute with Google Compute by Jakob Jelling How To Change Your Web Hosting Provider Without Any Downtime? by Sarah Kirk Issues When Upgrading to Citrix Metaframe 3.0 Presentation Server by John Gall Hateful and Annoying Spywares. Have They Infected My Computer? by Sam Lim The Numerous Benefits Of The IBM InfoPrint 1614 Printer And IBM InfoPrint 1614 Printer Toner by Ben Pate SOBIG.F Virus Promises "I'll Be Back" by Karin Manning Building Web Communities With Free Forums by George Hubka Data Recovery 1-on-1 by Dan Fisher Posting a Resume Made Easy by Silas Reed Sales Contact Management Software by Seema Chowdhary << Back to "Computers And Internet" Index

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