Question

Which of the following is a kind of impact printers?
1. Line printers 
2. Plotter
3. Laser printers 
4. Ink-jet printers

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Line printers 

Concept:

Impact Printers 

• The impact printers basically use a sharp needle. The needle is pressed against a ribbon that has ink on it and a mark is created on the paper thus giving a printed form of the data.
• Dot-matrix printers, drum printers, line printers, daisy-wheel printers and other early age printers were known as impact printers

Non-impact printers

• Non-impact printers print the characters without using ribbons, These printers print a complete page at a time so they are also called as page printers. E.g. Ink-Jet printer, Laser printer
• Non-impact printers require less maintenance than early age printers.