The main types of printers

Laser printers work on the same principle as copiers (often manufacturers use the same printing mechanism for both devices). A laser or LED line discharges certain...

Magnetic Printer

Magnetic printers work on a similar principle to laser printers and copiers. However, the platen here is driven by a...

Matrix Printer

Dot matrix printers are comparable to a typewriter that uses a ribbon. Instead of finished letters, here segments of the letters are...

Wheel Printer

Type wheel printer / line printer (for example, type roller printer, chain printer) With this old type of printer, in contrast to the dot matrix printer,...

Ink-Jet Printer

Inkjet printers represent the most widespread printing technology. Through a large number of fine nozzles (fine, small tubes), pressurized ink is selectively...

Metallized-Paper Printer

Metal paper printer (actually "electro-erosion printer") A metal-coated paper is printed by a print head....

Thermal Printer

In a thermal printing process, the desired printing result is achieved "without pressure" by generating heat at specific points instead of by mechanical...

Thermal Transfer Printer

Thermal transfer printers are mainly used in the field of high-quality color printing...

Color Printer

In the consumer sector, color printers are mostly inkjet printers, since they are inexpensive due to the attachment of several color cartridges and print heads.