Professional Documents
Culture Documents
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Module 1. Basic principles of functioning of PC
Unit 4. External devices
EXTERNAL DEVICE
A peripheral (external) device is a device that allows information to be
entered into or output from a computer.
Devices
Flash-based SSD.
SSD based on volatile Flash-based SSD.
CompactFlash, SD and microSD
memory USB flash drive
memory cards
HYBRID HARD DRIVES (SSHD)
Printers
Printers
Advantages: Flaws:
• High speed • Release of harmful substances
• High accuracy • High peak power consumption
• Less toner problems • Color halftone print quality is poor
• Price
• Requirements for paper quality
LED PRINTER
JET PRINTER
Advantages: Flaws:
• Price • Drying of dye residues on the
• Ink ready for use nozzles
• High speed • Intensive dye consumption when
cleaning the nozzles
• Using a system with a large
number of cartridges • Requirements for paper quality
• Use of CISS • Insufficient lightfastness of the
color print.
SCANNER
Scanners
Opaque Transparent
originals originals
Photographs Slides
Drawings Negatives
Pages of books
Films
and magazines
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE KINEMATIC
MECHANISM OF THE SCANNER
Projection Hand-held
Scanners
Roll Flatbed
CLASSIFICATION BY INPUT IMAGE TYPE
Scanners
Fax scheme
MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE
Advantages of multifunctional devices:
• Saving office and home space;
• Small price compared to buying devices separately;
• Copy even when the computer is turned off.