What is the difference between ink jet, dot matrix and laser printers?
Good Question! A dot Matrix printer is an “Impact” printer. It is called an “Impact” printer because it actually strikes the page it is printing on, through a ribbon that is coated with ink. The ribbons usually last a long time. They are mostly used for Text and Numbers, not pictures. They are a bit loud, and usually pretty large in size Impact printers are mostly used in an office that needs to print on “Triplicate” forms or “Duplicate” forms. Ink jet / Bubble jet printers are like mini electronic “Spray painters”. They spray “paint”, or ink, directly onto a page to create an image. Pretty cheap these days. Really getting small and quiet, too. They even “paint” a document, just like an image. But the ink tends to run out pretty quickly. Ink Jets / Bubble jets are the kind usually used on a home PC. Laser printers are special because they don’t have a moving “Head”. They are really quiet and usually are the fastest at printing. But they aren’t very small. Laser printers are also the mo
