OUTPUT DEVICES

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OUTPUT DEVICES: OBJECTIVES

Display Devices

Printers & Types

Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds

Other Output Devices

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WHAT IS OUTPUT?
What is output?
 Data that has been processed into a useful form
 Output device is any hardware component that can convey
information to one or more people

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DISPLAY DEVICES
What is a display device?
 Output device that visually conveys text, graphics,
and video information
 Information on display device sometimes
called soft copy

 Monitor houses display device that is packaged as

separate peripheral

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DISPLAY DEVICES
What is an LCD monitor?
 Uses liquid crystal display
 Has a small footprint
 Mobile devices that contain
LCD displays include
 Notebook computer, Tablet
PC, ultra personal computer,
portable media player, smart
phone, and PDA
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DISPLAY DEVICES
What are some mobile devices that have LCD screens?

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DISPLAY DEVICES
What is resolution?
 Number of horizontal
and vertical pixels in
a display device
 Sharpness and
clarity of image
Higher resolution makes
image sharper, displays
more text on screen,
makes some elements
smaller

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DISPLAY DEVICES
What is a plasma monitor?
 Displays image by applying voltage to layer of gas
 Larger screen size and richer colors than LCD, but are more
expensive

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DISPLAY DEVICES
What is digital television (DTV) and high-definition
television (HDTV)?
Many programs can be
All broadcast stations
High resolution broadcast on a single
transmit digital signals
digital channel

Uses digital signals to produce HDTV

(high-definition television)
crisper, higher-quality output is the most advanced form
on LCD and plasma televisions of digital TV

Great for game playing, watching movies, and browsing the Internet

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DISPLAY DEVICES
What is a CRT monitor?
 Contains cathode-ray
tube (CRT)
 Screen coated with tiny
dots of phosphor
material
 Each dot consists of a red,
blue, and green phosphor
 Common sizes are 15,
17, 19, 21, and 22 inches
 Viewable size is diagonal
measurement of actual
viewing area
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PRINTERS
What is a printer?
 Output device that
produces text and portrait
graphics on a physical
medium

 Result is hard copy, or

printout
landscape
 Two orientations: portrait
and landscape

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PRINTERS
How do you know which printer to buy?
 Depends on printing needs

Color or
Budget Speed
black and white

Graphics and Paper types

Cost per page Multiple copies
photo printing and sizes

System Wireless
Future needs
compatibility capability

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PRINTERS
 What are the various ways to print documents
and pictures?

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PRINTERS
 What is a non-impact printer?
 Forms characters and graphics without striking paper
 Ink-jet printer sprays tiny drops of liquid ink onto
paper
 Prints in black-and-white or color on a variety
of paper types

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PRINTERS
What is the resolution of a printer?
 Sharpness and clarity

 Measured by number of dots per inch (dpi) printer

can output

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 PRINTERS
 How does an ink-jet printer work?
print head

Step 1. A small
resistor heats the
ink, causing the
ink to boil and
form a vapor
bubble.
print cartridge
firing
chamber

ink dot
bubble resistor ink
nozzle
Step 2. The
vapor bubble
forces the ink
through the Step 3.Ink Step 4. As the vapor bubble
nozzle. drops onto the collapses, fresh ink is drawn
paper. into the firing chamber.

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 PRINTERS
 What is a photo printer?
 Color printer that produces
photo-lab-quality pictures

 Many photo printers have a

built-in card slot

 Pitch Bridge is a standard

technology that allows you to
print pictures directly from a
digital camera

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 PRINTERS
 What is a laser printer?
 High-speed, high-quality non-
impact printer
 Prints text and graphics in
high-quality resolution, ranging
from 1,200 to 2,400 dpi

 Typically costs more than

ink-jet printer, but is much
faster

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 PRINTERS
 How does a laser printer work?

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 PRINTERS
 What is a thermal printer?
 Generates images by pushing electrically heated pins
against heat-sensitive paper
 Dye-sublimation printer (also called a digital photo
printer) uses heat to transfer dye to specially coated paper

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 PRINTERS
 What is a mobile printer?
 Small, lightweight, battery-powered printer that allows
mobile user to print from notebook computer, Tablet
PC, PDA, or smart phone while traveling

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 PRINTERS
 What are label printers and postage printers?
 Small printer that prints on adhesive-type material

 Most also print bar codes

 Postage printer has built-in digital scale and prints
postage stamps

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 PRINTERS
 What is a plotter?
 Sophisticated printer used to produce high-quality
drawings

 Large-format printer creates photo-realistic-quality

color prints

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 PRINTERS
 What is a dot-matrix printer?
 Impact printer that produces printed images
when tiny wire pins strike ribbon
 Impact printer forms characters by striking mechanism
against inked ribbon that contacts paper

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 PRINTERS
 What is a line printer?
 High-speed impact printer
that prints entire line at a
time

 Speed measured in lines

per minute (lpm)
 Band printer prints fully
formed characters using a
hammer mechanism
 Shuttle-matrix printer is
high-speed printer that
works like dot-matrix printer

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SPEAKERS, HEADPHONES & EARPHONES
What is an audio output device?
 Computer component that produces music, speech, or
other sounds
 Speakers and headsets are common devices

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OTHER OUTPUT DEVICES
What is a facsimile (fax) machine?
 Device that transmits and receives documents over
telephone lines
 Converts an original document into a digitized image
 Many computers include fax capability

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OTHER OUTPUT DEVICES
What is a multifunction peripheral?
 Provides functionality

of printer, scanner,
copy machine, and
fax machine

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OTHER OUTPUT DEVICES
What is a data projector?
 Device that takes text
and images from
computer screen and
projects them onto
larger screen

 DLP projector

 LCD projector

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OTHER OUTPUT DEVICES
What is an interactive whiteboard?
 Touch-sensitive device
that displays the image
on a connected
computer screen

 SMART board

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SUMMARY OF OUTPUT

Display devices Multifunction peripherals

Printers Data projectors

Speakers, headphones, and earphones Interactive whiteboards

Force feedback joysticks, wheels,

Fax machines and fax modems
and gamepads

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