Nonimpact printer types

Output Devices, Continued Nonimpact Thermal transfer, ink jet, laser, wax, continuous tone die sublimation, and printer types color phase change are nonimpact printers that you may find in a Navy shop. THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTERS : ink dies from a heated printing element Thermal transfer printers use wax or to transfer an image to a page. INK JET PRINTERS: Ink jet printers spray electrically charged ink through tiny nozzles in the printing element. The ink passes through an electrically charged field that forms the image in matrix form. These printers offer very high-quality resolution and print up to 300 cps. LASER PRINTERS: A laser printer directs a beam of light that electrically charges an image on a photosensitive drum. Toner attracts and adheres to the dots on the drum and a heating element fixes the image on the paper. These printers can print in excess of 20,000 lines per minute. WAX PRINTERS: Wax printers use a ribbon of thin transparent wax. Ribbons are available in color and are useful for transparencies. CONTINUOUS TONE DIE SUBLIMATION: Continuous tone die sublimation uses color dies on a plastic film for image transfer. This is a thermal transfer and requires specially coated papers. COLOR PHASE CHANGE: A color phase change uses Pantone certified colors in a wax medium. Like continuous tone die sublimation, this is a thermal transfer, but it does not require specially coated paper. Continued on next page 3-22