Differences Between Impact & Non-Impact Printers

10 Differences Between Impact Printers and Non Impact Printers

Differences Between Impact and Non-Impact Printers
Impact Printers		Non-Impact Printers
1	It produces print on paper by striking mechanism.	It produces print on paper with a non-striking mechanism
2	It uses pins, hammers or wheel to strike against an inked ribbon to print on a paper..	It uses laser, spray of special ink, or heat and pressure to print on paper.
3	Normally impact printers use continuous paper sheet.	Non-Impact printers normally use individual paper sheets.
4	Impact printers are normally less expansive.	Non-Impact printers are more expansive.
5	Print quality of impact printers is lower than those of non impact printers..	Print quality of Non-Impact printers is higher than those of impact printers.
6	Impact printers use special inked ribbons to produce print on paper when print head strikes.	Non-Impact printers use toner or cartridge for printing on paper.
7	Impact printers are low speed printers. They consume a lot of time to print a document.	Non-Impact printers are very fast, they can print many pages per minute.
8	Impact printers are very noisy because they strike print head.	Non-Impact printers do not make a noise because they do not use striking mechanism in which print head strikes on ribbon and paper etc.
9	Examples of Impact printers are Dot matrix and daisy wheel printers.	Examples of Non-Impact printers are laser printers and inkjet printers.
10	Impact printers use old printing technologies.	Non impact printers use latest printing technologies.

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