Laser printer
Running cost-£68-£200
Cost- £50-£200 depending on where you get them.
They just tend to use normal A4 paper. They have a very high quality of print out. The speed depends on what model you get but they are usually quite speedy. These types of printers are usually used in schools, homes and offices.
Running cost-£68-£200
Cost- £50-£200 depending on where you get them.
They just tend to use normal A4 paper. They have a very high quality of print out. The speed depends on what model you get but they are usually quite speedy. These types of printers are usually used in schools, homes and offices.
Dot matrix printer
Running price- overall very cheap
Cost-pretty expensive anything to £400-£500
They use single sheet A4 paper. Also they can use carbon copy or triplicate paper. As you can probably tell from the name, the print out quality isn't that good as it comes out in dots. The speed is 200-400 characters a second, that is pretty speedy! They are used in airports where tickets need to be printed of quickly. However, they are very noisy!
Running price- overall very cheap
Cost-pretty expensive anything to £400-£500
They use single sheet A4 paper. Also they can use carbon copy or triplicate paper. As you can probably tell from the name, the print out quality isn't that good as it comes out in dots. The speed is 200-400 characters a second, that is pretty speedy! They are used in airports where tickets need to be printed of quickly. However, they are very noisy!
Plotter printer
Running cost- pretty cheap.
Cost-Very expensive. anything from £2000-£4000.
Plotter paper basically comes in three different types Vellum plotter paper, Gloss plotter paper, and Bond plotter paper. They have a very high quality print out. It draws pictures on paper using a pen to print designs of ships, machines and plans for buildings and so on. They are very slow.
Running cost- pretty cheap.
Cost-Very expensive. anything from £2000-£4000.
Plotter paper basically comes in three different types Vellum plotter paper, Gloss plotter paper, and Bond plotter paper. They have a very high quality print out. It draws pictures on paper using a pen to print designs of ships, machines and plans for buildings and so on. They are very slow.
Inkjet printers
Running cost-not too cheep but not to expensive.
cost- around £100
They use A4 paper and are usually used in homes for quick small jobs such as printing off word documents. They are very fast at printing and despite the speed they have a very high quality print out.
Running cost-not too cheep but not to expensive.
cost- around £100
They use A4 paper and are usually used in homes for quick small jobs such as printing off word documents. They are very fast at printing and despite the speed they have a very high quality print out.