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Watch the video related to each different section, then answer the following questions related
to input devices in your own words

Q1. Give a definition of an output device, making sure you say what they are used for:

An output it is used to send data from a computer any other device.

Printers
Inkjet Printers

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoqBBDthJRE

Q2. What are the four main components of an inkjet printer?

Printhead, Ink cartridges, Print head stepper motor, Belt.

Q2b. Insert an image below of an inkjet printer

Q2c. List and describe the two ways that ink droplets are produced in inkjet printers.

Instead of metal needles, they use hundreds of tiny guns to fire dots of ink at the paper
instead. 

Q2d. List the steps involved in the printing process when printing a document.

Laser Printers

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJaRZnEqdWU

Q3. What is the main difference between laser printers and Inkjet printers in terms of ink?

The difference is that the inkjet goes with ink and the laser no.
0 – 4: List 5 different output devices
5 – 8: Describe the principles of operation of the following output devices: inkjet, laser and 3D printers
9 – 10: Describe how these principles are applied to real-life scenarios
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Q4. State one advantage of a laser printer

Easier keep them working.

Q5. Insert an image of a laser printer

Applications of Inkjet & Laser Printers

Reading: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/inkjet-laser-led-printer-types-explained/

Q6. In the following situations, state whether an inkjet or laser printer would be better

Q6b. Printing a single high-quality photo

Q6c. Making over 100 copies of a document

Q6d. Printing a single leaflet or flyer

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/inkjet-laser-led-printer-types-explained/

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5 – 8: Describe the principles of operation of the following output devices: inkjet, laser and 3D printers
9 – 10: Describe how these principles are applied to real-life scenarios
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3D Printers

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioEMLYOTJE

Q7. Where are 3d printers primarily used?

THEY ARE NORMALY USED IN Stereolithography

Q7b. What do they produce?

3D Shapes

Q7c. How does a 3d printer work/How does it print an object

Q7d. List the steps involved when printing a 3d object

You start by designing a 3D object on an ordinary home PC, connect it to a 3D

printer, press ‘print’.

Q7e. List three different uses of a objects printed using a 3d printer

2D & 3D Cutters

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqG1BANHyqE

Q8. What is the main difference between a 2d laser cutter and a 3d laser cutter?

Lasercutters cutting planar materials is easy.

Q8b. List three materials 3d cutters are able to cut

Q8c. Why are 3d laser cutters able to cut very detailed and complex designs?

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5 – 8: Describe the principles of operation of the following output devices: inkjet, laser and 3D printers
9 – 10: Describe how these principles are applied to real-life scenarios
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Actuators

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_AfSOGEp6A

Q9. Describe what an actuator is

Loudspeakers/Headphones

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1UVEvB4OP0

Q10. How is sound produced from a computer?

Q10b. Insert an image of the process of sound being produced from a computer

Q10c. Describe what is meant by ´Sampling Rate´

Q10d. How many times is a CD, normally, sampled per second?

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5 – 8: Describe the principles of operation of the following output devices: inkjet, laser and 3D printers
9 – 10: Describe how these principles are applied to real-life scenarios
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Q10e. Read the text in the image below.

Find another device that makes use of a sampling rate, such as a DVD. Calculate the
number of bytes per second, like in the above example.

Hint: you will need to find the sampling rate of your chosen device.

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5 – 8: Describe the principles of operation of the following output devices: inkjet, laser and 3D printers
9 – 10: Describe how these principles are applied to real-life scenarios
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LCD & LED Monitors

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajCwqVEc_Bo

Q11. Insert an image of a cathode-ray monitor

Q11b. What do the acronyms LCD and LED stand for?

Q11c. What is the front layer of a monitor now up of?

Q11d. What colours are normally used in the liquid crystal diodes?

Q11e. What are two benefits of using LED´s to backlight a monitor?

Q11f. Describe what OLED´s are and how they work

Q11g. What can do OLED´s allow for TV´s to now be?

Q11h. What could happen to mobile phones if they begin to make use of OLED´s?
Where could they be worn?!

Q11i. List five advantages of using OLED´s in comparison to LED´s

Q11j. OLED´s refresh 1000 times faster than LCD´s, why would this be an advantage?
Can you suggest one possible use of this?

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5 – 8: Describe the principles of operation of the following output devices: inkjet, laser and 3D printers
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Q11k. How are different colours generated using OLED technology?

Light Projectors

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv4GORkOQD8

Q12. How many different types of light projector are there?

Q12b. Where are projectors often used? List two

Q12c. Describe how DLP projectors work

Q12d. Describe how LCD projectors work

0 – 4: List 5 different output devices

5 – 8: Describe the principles of operation of the following output devices: inkjet, laser and 3D printers
9 – 10: Describe how these principles are applied to real-life scenarios