Differences Between Impact and
Non-Impact Printers
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Impact Printers
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Non-Impact Printers
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| 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. |
