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Objectives Overview

Explain the Describe the factors


Describe the types of characteristics of that affect the quality
output various display of an LCD monitor or
devices LCD screen

Discovering Describe various


Differentiate
between a
Computers 2010 ways to print nonimpact printer
and an impact printer
Living in a Digital World

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Objectives Overview What Is Output?


Summarize the characteristics of
ink-jet printers, photo printers,
• Output is data that has been processed into a
laser printers, multifunction Describe the uses and useful form
peripherals, thermal printers, characteristics of speakers,
mobile printers, label and headphones, and earbuds
postage printers, and plotters
and large-format printers

Identify the purpose and


features of data projectors,
Identify output options for
interactive whiteboards, and
physically challenged users
force-feedback game controllers
and tactile output

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What Is Output? Display Devices

• An output device is any type of hardware • A display device visually


component that conveys information to one or conveys text, graphics,
more people and video information
• A monitor is packaged
Speakers,
as a separate peripheral
Display devices Printers Data projectors
headphones,
and earbuds – LCD monitor
– Widescreen

Force-feedback
Interactive
game Tactile output
whiteboards Click to view Web Link,
controllers
click Chapter 6, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Widescreen LCD
Monitors below Chapter 6
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Display Devices Display Devices

• Liquid crystal display (LCD) uses a liquid • The quality of an LCD monitor or LCD screen
compound to present information on a display depends primarily on:
device
Resolution Response time Brightness

Dot pitch Contrast ratio

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Display Devices Display Devices

• Resolution is the • The graphics processing unit (GPU) controls the


number of manipulation and display of graphics on a display device
horizontal and • LCD monitors use a digital signal and should plug into a
vertical pixels in a DVI port, and HDMI port, or a DisplayPort
display device
– A higher
resolution uses a
greater number of
pixels
Click to view Web Link,
click Chapter 6, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click DVI below
Chapter 6
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Display Devices Display Devices

• Plasma monitors are display devices that use gas • Televisions also are a
good output device
plasma technology and offer screen sizes up to – Require a converter if you
150 inches 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

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Video: SID: Size Matters Display Devices

• A CRT monitor is a desktop monitor that contains


a cathode-ray tube
– Have a much larger footprint than do LCD monitors

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Printers Printers

• A printer produces Before purchasing a printer, ask yourself a series of questions:

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 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 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

Click to view Web Link,


click Chapter 6, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Ink-Jet Printers
below Chapter 6
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Printers Printers

A photo printer produces color


photo-lab-quality pictures
• Most use ink-jet technology
• PictBridge allows you to print photos
directly from a digital camera
• Print from a memory card and preview Click to view Web Link,
click Chapter 6, Click Web
photos on a built-in LCD screen Link from left navigation,
then click Photo Printers
below Chapter 6
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Printers Printers

High-
speed

Black-
and-
Laser High-
quality
white printer

Click to view Web Link, Color


click Chapter 6, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Laser Printers
below Chapter 6
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Printers Printers

• A multifunction peripheral (MFP) is a single • A thermal printer generates images by pushing


device that prints, scans, copies, and in some electrically heated pins against the heat-sensitive
cases, faxes paper
– Sometimes called an all-in-one device
Thermal wax-transfer
printer

Dye-sublimation
printer
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Printers Printers

• A mobile printer is a • A label printer is a small printer that prints on


small, lightweight, adhesive-type material
battery-powered printer
that allows a mobile • A postage printer prints postage stamps
user to print from a – Postage also can be printed on other types of printers
mobile device

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Printers Printers

• Plotters are used to produce high-quality • Impact printers form characters and graphics on a
drawings piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an
• Large-format printers create photo-realistic inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper
quality color prints on a larger scale

Dot-matrix Line
Click to view Web Link,
printer printer
click Chapter 6, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Large-Format
Printers below Chapter 6
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Printers Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds

• A dot-matrix printer • An audio output device produces music, speech,


produces printed or other sounds
images when tiny wire
pins on a print head Most computer users attach
mechanism strike an speakers to their computers to:
inked ribbon • Generate higher-quality sounds for playing
• A line printer prints an games
entire line at a time • Interact with multimedia presentations
• Listen to music
• View movies

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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds

• Headphones are • Some speakers are specifically designed to play


speakers that cover audio from a portable media player
your head or are placed
– Wireless speakers
outside of the ear
• Earbuds (also called
earphones) rest inside
the ear canal

Click to view Web Link,


click Chapter 6, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Earbuds
below Chapter 6
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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds Other Output Devices

• Other output devices are available for specific


Voice output occurs when you hear a uses and applications
person’s voice or when the computer
talks to you through the speakers Data projectors
Interactive
whiteboards
• Some Web sites dedicate themselves to
providing voice output
Force-feedback
• Often works with voice input game Tactile output
• VoIP uses voice output and voice input controllers

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Other Output Devices Other Output Devices

• A data projector is a • An interactive whiteboard is a touch-sensitive


device that takes the device, resembling a dry-erase board, that
text and images displays the image on a connected computer
displaying on a
computer screen and
screen
projects them on a
larger screen
– Digital light processing
(DLP) projector
Click to view Web Link,
click Chapter 6, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click SMART Board
below Chapter 6
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Other Output Devices Putting It All Together

• Force-feedback sends
resistance to the device
in response to actions
of the user
• Tactile output provides
the user with a physical
response from the
device

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Putting It All Together Putting It All Together

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Output Devices
for Physically Challenged Users
Summary

• Many accessibility options exist for users with


various disabilities Several commonly used
Various methods of output
output devices

Display devices, printers,


speakers, headphones,
earbuds, data projectors,
interactive whiteboards,
force-feedback game
controllers, and tactile output
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