What is a printer? In computing a printer is a peripheral which produces text, photographs, images and diagrams of documents from your computer onto various forms of paper. There are many different types of printer for all imaginable uses and they can be connected to computers in many different ways including USB, Ethernet network connections, WiFi wireless, over the internet or by legacy connections such as serial and parallel. What printers should I look at? The first thing to consider when looking to buy a printer is what type of printing you will be using the printer for. Different people will use the printer for different uses with the main ones being the following. Home Use: Printers designed to offer good performance in all areas for most printing tasks. Generally these printers are relatively cheap to buy and run and offer good quality prints, however on higher volumes of printing they will often work out more expensive than a professional printer due to the costs of replacement inks and lower print speeds. If...
