Introduction to ICT (CSC101)
Output Devices
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What Is Output?
• Output is data that has been processed into a
useful form
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What Is Output?
• An output device is any type of hardware
component that conveys information to one or
more people
Speakers,
Display
Printers headphones,
devices
and earbuds
Data Interactive
projectors whiteboards
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Display Devices
• A display device visually
conveys text, graphics,
and video information
• A monitor is packaged
as a separate peripheral
– LCD (Liquid Crystal
Display) monitor
– TFT (thin-film transistor)
Display
– Widescreen
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Display Devices
• Liquid crystal display (LCD) uses a liquid
compound to present information on a display
device
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Display Devices
• The quality of an LCD monitor or LCD screen
depends primarily on:
Resolution Response time Brightness
Dot pitch Contrast ratio
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Display Devices
• Resolution is the
number of
horizontal and
vertical pixels in a
display device
– A higher
resolution uses a
greater number of
pixels
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Display Devices
• Televisions also are a
good output device
– Require a converter if you
are connecting your
computer to an analog
television
• Digital television (DTV)
offers a crisper, higher-
quality output
• HDTV is the most
advanced form of digital
television
– SmartTV is Internet-
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Display Devices
• A CRT monitor is a desktop monitor that contains
a cathode-ray tube
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Printers
• A printer produces
text and graphics on
a physical medium
– Printed information
is called a hard copy,
or printout
– Landscape or portrait
orientation
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Printers
Before
purchasing
a printer
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Printers
• A nonimpact printer forms characters and
graphics on a piece of paper without actually
striking the paper
Ink-jet Photo Laser Thermal
printers printers printers printers
Label and Large-
Mobile
postage Plotters format
printers
printers printers
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Printers
• An ink-jet printer forms characters and graphics by
spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto a piece of paper
– Color or black-and-white
– Printers with a higher dpi (dots per inch) produce a higher
quality output
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Printers
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Printers
High-
speed
Black-
and-
Laser High-
quality
white printer
Color
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Printers
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Printers
• A multifunction peripheral (MFP) is a single
device that prints, scans, copies, and in some
cases, faxes
– Sometimes called an all-in-one device
– Ink-Jet and Laser Technology
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Printers
• 3-D Printers uses a process called additive manufacturing
to create an object by adding material to a three-
dimensional object, one horizontal layer at a time
• They can print solid objects, such as clothing, prosthetics,
eyewear, implants, toys, parts, prototypes
• Depending on the type of printer,
the layers are built with liquid
polymer, gel, or resin
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Printers
• A thermal printer generates images by pushing
electrically heated pins against the heat-sensitive
paper
Thermal wax-transfer
printer
Dye-sublimation
printer
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Printers
• A mobile printer is a
small, lightweight,
battery-powered printer
that allows a mobile
user to print from a
mobile device
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Printers
• A label printer is a small printer that prints on
adhesive-type material
• A postage printer prints postage stamps
– Postage also can be printed on other types of printers
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Printers
• Plotters are used to produce high-quality
drawings
• Large-format printers create photo-realistic
quality color prints on a larger scale
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Printers
• Impact printers form characters and graphics on a
piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an
inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper
Dot-matrix Line
printer printer
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Printers
• A dot-matrix printer
produces printed
images when tiny
wire pins on a print
head mechanism
strike an inked ribbon
• A line printer prints
an entire line at a
time
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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• An audio output device produces music, speech,
or other sounds
Most computer users attach
speakers to their computers to:
• Generate higher-quality sounds for playing
games
• Interact with multimedia presentations
• Listen to music
• Watch movies
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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• Headphones are
speakers that cover
your head or are placed
outside of the ear
• Earbuds (also called
earphones) rest inside
the ear canal
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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• Some speakers are specifically designed to play
audio from a portable media player
– Wireless speakers
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Other Output Devices
• A data projector is a
device that takes the
text and images
displaying on a
computer screen and
projects them on a
larger screen
– Digital light processing
(DLP) projector
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Other Output Devices
• An interactive whiteboard is a touch-sensitive
device, resembling a dry-erase board, that
displays the image on a connected computer
screen
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