Which of the following types of printers provides the highest resolution output quizlet?

Optical discs are removable and include CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs. They range in capacity from 700 MB to 100 GB and are used to distribute music, programs, and movies as well as to archive data. Flash memory is non-mechanical form of storage found in solid-state drives (SSDs), flash drives, memory cards, personal media players, and notebooks. Hard disks are a form of magnetic storage that can be mounted in the system unit or connected via USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire cable. They have the largest capacities of any current storage device and hold the operating systems, programs, and data on the computer.

- used to connect peripheral devices to the motherboard
- USB- most common type of port, can connect many types of devices (such as printers, mice, keyboards, digital cameras, mobile devices, and external drives)
-- can connect up to 127 devices to a single port (USB hubs)
-- can provide power to devices
-- hot-swappable - devices can be plugged and unplugged without turning off computer
-- current version: USB 3.2 using USB-C connectors

- Firewire
-- legacy port (not found in newer computers)
-- can connect up to 63 devices to a single port, hot-swappable
-- mostly used for digital cameras

- Thunderbolt
-- can connect many types of peripheral devices
-- thunderbolt 2 is the standard on most Apple computers
-- about the same speed as USB 3.2
-- can connect up to six devices using one port
-- hot-swappable

- Bluetooth
-- short-range wireless technology used to connect many types of peripheral devices
-- devices need to be paired

- Other ports
-- ethernet (network), audio, video (HDMI, etc.)

- Monitors (aka displays)
- Work by lighting up pixels (picture elements) on the screen
- Three colors (Red/Green/Blue) used to create all colors
- Resolution: the number of horizontal pixels by vertical pixels, such as 1280x1024. The higher the resolution, the sharper the image (but also smaller)
- CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) Monitors: big, bulky, heavy & legacy technology
- LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Monitors: thinner, lighter & originally developed for portable computers
- Projectors: produce large output than a monitor & are used in presentations (such as in-class lectures)
- Video Cards: provides the data signal and connection for a monitor or projector, can have its own memory (VRAM), can have a GPU,& VGA, DVI, HDMI
- Speakers and Headphones
- Sound Cards
- Ink Jet Printers: most popular type of personal printer, sprays droplets of liquid ink onto paper, for color printing, standard colors are cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black), abbreviated as CMYK. printers very inexpensive, but ink cartridges have to be replaced often, so cost per page can be expensive
- Dye-Sublimation Printers: high-end printers, mainly used for printing photographs
- Photo Printers: can be high-end ink jet or dye-sublimation printers
- Thermal Printers: applies heat to specially coated heat-sensitive paper to produce output, mainly used to print receipts, output can fade over time
- Three-Dimensional Printers: can create objects such as prototypes and models. dental and medical imaging, architecture, etc.
- Laser Printers: most common type of business printer, uses a powdered ink cartridge (toner) that lasts about twice as long as liquid ink cartridges, laser printers more expensive than ink jet printers, but over time cost per page is less, print faster than ink jet printers
- Plotters: used to print very large output (blueprints, posters, maps)
- Multifunction Devices: a printer with a built-in scanner and sometimes fax capabilities, can be used as a copier

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