IGCSE(Edexcel)

Information and Communication Technology

1.3‐ Printers and Storage Devices

U Nyein Oo
Founder
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Impact 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 3D
Line printer
printer printer

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 Impact Printers(cont.)
Dot Matrix Printer(Page 33)
• Dot matrix printing, sometimes called impact matrix printing, is
a computer printing process in which ink is applied to a surface
using a relatively low‐resolution dot matrix for layout.

EPSON MX80
Dot Matrix Printer at 80CPS

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Impact Printers(cont.)
Line Printer
• A line printer prints one entire line of text before advancing to
another line. Most early line printers were impact printers.

FACON 655
Line Printer at 1300LPM

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 Impact Printers(cont.)
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Non Impact 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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 Non Impact Printers(cont.)
• An ink‐jet printer(Page 33) 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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Non Impact Printers(cont.)

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 photos on a built‐
in LCD screen

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 Non Impact Printers(cont.)
Laser Printer(Page 34)
• Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It
produces high‐quality text and graphics by repeatedly passing a
laser beam back and forth over a negatively charged cylinder
called a "drum" to define a differentially charged image.

High‐
speed

Black‐
and‐
Laser High‐
quality
white printer

CANON LBP2900b
Laser Jet Printer at 12ppm Color

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Non Impact Printers(cont.)

Barcode Printer
• A barcode printer is a computer peripheral for printing barcode
labels or tags that can be attached to, or printed directly on,
physical objects.

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 Non Impact Printers(cont.)
• A multifunction peripheral (MFP) is a single device that prints,
scans, copies, and in some cases, faxes, sometimes called an
all‐in‐one device.

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Non Impact Printers(cont.)

• 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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 Non Impact Printers(cont.)
POS Printer
• Receipt printers are an important part of a point of sale (POS)
system. They are used in retail environments to print credit card
slips and customer receipts. Restaurants also use receipt
printers to print off orders back in the kitchen or at the bar.

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Non Impact Printers(cont.)

• A mobile printer is a small, lightweight, battery‐powered printer
that allows a mobile user to print from a notebook computer,
smart phone, or other mobile device

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 Non Impact Printers(cont.)
• 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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Non Impact Printers(cont.)

• Plotters(Page 35) are used to produce high‐quality drawings
• Large‐format printers create photo‐realistic quality color
prints on a larger scale.

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 Other Output Devices(cont.)
• A data projector(Page 36) is a device that takes the text and
images displaying on a computer screen and projects them on a
larger screen
• LCD projector/Digital light processing (DLP) projector

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Other Output Devices(cont.)

• 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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 Storage Devices

• Hard Disks • Tape Drive

• Internal HDD/External HDD
• Miniature HDD
• Micro Film
• Flash Memory Storage • Magnetic strip Card
• Solid State Drive • Smart Card
• Memory Card • ExpressCard
• USB Flash Drive
• RAID System
• Optical Disk
• Network Access Storage
• Cloud Storage
• Enterprise Storage

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Storage(cont.)
• Capacity is the number of bytes a storage medium can hold.

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 Hard Disks
• A hard disk(Page 39) contains one or more inflexible, circular
platters that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions,
and information.

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Hard Disks(cont.)
• Characteristics of a hard disk include:

Read/Write
Capacity Platters
Heads

Sectors and Revolutions

Cylinders
Tracks per Minute

Transfer
Access Time
Rate

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 Hard Disks

Cylinders per Platter=4096(1024*4)

RPM=Revolution per minute

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Hard Disks(cont.)
• An external hard drive is a portable storage device that can be
attached to a computer through a USB or FireWire connection,
or wirelessly.

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 Hard Disks(cont.)
• The miniature hard disks are very small hard disks. These disks
are available in different sizes such as 0.85 inch, 1 inch and 1.8
inch.

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Flash Memory Storage

• Flash memory(Page 40) chips are a type of solid state media
and contain no moving parts
• Type of Flash Memory Storage can be:
• Solid state drives (SSDs)
• Memory Card
• USB Flash Drive

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 Flash Memory Storage(cont.)
• A solid‐state drive is a solid‐state storage device that uses
integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently, typically
using flash memory, and functioning as secondary storage in
the hierarchy of computer storage.

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Flash Memory Storage(cont.)

• Solid state drives (SSDs) have several advantages over magnetic
hard disks:

Generate less heat and Last longer

Faster access time Faster transfer rates
consume less power

Access time :
25 to 100 micro seconds

Speed :
200 MBpS 550 MBps

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 Flash Memory Storage(cont.)
• A memory card is a removable flash memory device that you
insert and remove from a slot in a computer, mobile device, or
card reader/writer.

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Flash Memory Storage(cont.)

• USB flash drives plug into a USB port on a computer or
mobile device.

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 Cloud Storage
• Cloud storage is a model of computer data storage in which the
digital data is stored in logical pools, said to be on "the cloud".
• The physical storage spans multiple servers, and the physical
environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting
company.
Microsoft Dropbox Google Apple Box

5GB Free 2GB Free 15GB Free 5GB Free 10GB Free

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Cloud Storage(cont.)
• Users subscribe to cloud storage for a variety of reasons:

Access files from any computer

Store large files instantaneously

Allow others to access their files

View time‐critical data and images immediately

Store offsite backups

Provide data center functions

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 Optical Discs
• Optical discs(Page 39) commonly store items in a single track
that spirals from the center of the disc to the edge.
• Track is divided into evenly sized sectors

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Optical Discs(cont.)

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 Optical Discs(cont.)
• The Blu‐ray Disc, often known simply as Blu‐ray, is a digital
optical disc storage format.
• It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of
storing several hours of high‐definition video.

4 times of Resolution &

Up to 100GB Capacity

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Other Types of Storage

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 Other Types of Storage(cont.)
• Tape is a magnetically coated ribbon of plastic capable of
storing large amounts of data and information
• A tape drive reads and writes data and information on a
tape

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Other Types of Storage(cont.)

Capacity of Tape Drives

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 Other Types of Storage(cont.)
• A magnetic stripe card contains a magnetic stripe
that stores information

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Other Types of Storage(cont.)

• A smart card stores data on a thin microprocessor embedded
in the card.

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 Other Types of Storage(cont.)
• Microfilm and microfiche store microscopic images of
documents on a roll or sheet film.

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Other Types of Storage(cont.)

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 Other Types of Storage(cont.)
• An ExpressCard module is a removable device that fits in an
ExpressCard slot.
• interface to connect peripheral devices to a computer, usually a
laptop computer

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Other Types of Storage(cont.)

• RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a group of
two or more integrated hard disks.

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 Other Types of Storage(cont.)
• A network attached storage(Page 38) (NAS) device is a server
connected to a network with the sole purpose of providing
storage.

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Other Types of Storage(cont.)

• Enterprise storage stores huge volumes of data and
information for large businesses
• Uses special hardware for heavy use, maximum availability,
and maximum efficiency

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 Thank You!

U Nyein Oo
Founder
Optimum Institute of Business & Technology Studies

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