Choosing A New Monitor by Stephen Orgill
The first choice to make, CRT or LCD? The first choice you will have to make when you have decided to purchase a new monitor is what type of monitor you are looking for. The two main choices are CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) some LCD monitors may be referred to as... What is Dot Pitch The Dot Pitch basically refers to the space between the pixels on the screen. ... The dot pitch is very important in terms of image quality. ... Monitors that have a smaller dot pitch usually have higher resolutions as they can fit more pixels on the screen at once.

Laser Marking of ECC 200 2D Matrix Codes on Printed Circuit Boards by Rick Stevenson
Manufacturers of electronic devices, from home audio equipment to automotive keyless entry systems, are increasingly seeking a reliable, cost effective method for uniquely identifying and tracking products through the manufacturing cycle, sales distribution and after-sale warranty verification. ... Man-readable text characters can be as small as 0.040" and 2D matrix codes can be constructed from individual features as small as a single 0.004" dot. ... Data Matrix Code Structure The 2D matrix codes appear as a "checkerboard" with the individual squares (cells) in either on on (white) or...

How To Choose The Best Gaming Laptop by Titus Hoskins
The gaming laptop is coming of age! It is steadily increasing in popularity as performance quality goes up. Gamers now regularly consider laptops or notebooks when searching for that perfect gaming machine. With each new generation of notebooks we are seeing some novel breakthroughs: dual core... TFT Active Matrix Display. ... TFT stands for thin-film transistors and many high-end notebook computers use (TFT) active matrix liquid crystal displays. ... If top performance in your notebook is one of your goals, go with a SATA hard drive.

How Does Your Printer Work? by John Sollars
Impact printers, as the very name implies means that the printing mechanism touches the paper for creating an image. Impact printers were used in early 70s and 80s. In Dot Matrix printers a series of small pins is used to strike on a ribbon coated with ink to transfer the image on the paper. ... It contains colour and plastic particles. ... Toner is dry ink. ... The toner passes through the fuser in the computer and the resulting heat binds it to any type of paper. ... Basic components of a laser printer are fuser, photoreceptor drum assembly, developer roller, laser scanning unit, toner...

Introduction of A Basic Printer by Alan Ross
The word printer means different things in different fields of applications. Going by the generic meaning, a printer means one who is in the occupation of printing and publishing. It also means a device which prints out the results of data computed by computers, as applied to computers. ... Types of Modern Printers Printers have evolved so much that you can have true life quality printing with them which is a departure from the earlier ‘dot matrix’ printers. ... The dots can any colors in predetermined combination to create color images.

Inside Your Inkjet Printer: How Does it Work? by Bob Stephens
Have you ever wondered how your inkjet printer works? How does the ink get from the inkjet cartridge to the paper? Why is the print quality is so clear? Why the printing is so quiet? Generally, all that most people know is that there's some movement and a faint high pitched sound when it's... Unlike dot matrix and character printers that strike ribbons to create an image, inkjet printers do not physically touch the paper. ... HP elected to put the printhead on the inkjet cartridge itself instead of mounting it permanently to the carriage.

Printers - A Practical Buyers Guide by Iggy Quazi
Buying a printer can be a complicated business, there are more shapes, sizes and types of printers available to the home and small business user than ever before. Printers have also become specialised for their intended purpose. It is no longer a case of "a printer is a printer". ... Dot Matrix Printers Dot matrix printers are relatively old fashioned technology today with poor quality print, slow and very noisy output. ... Solid ink printers used to be cheaper to purchase than similarly specified colour lasers and fairly economical to run owing to a low component usage, today it is not...

Guide to Buying a New printer by Andrew Gates
One of the more perplexing decisions when faced with choosing a new printer is which print technology is going to suit you best. At the moment there are two main printing systems: the laser technology, using toner cartridges and a transfer drum assembly; and ink jets using ink tank cartridges... This usually represented in a two-dimensional matrix (eg: 600 x 300 dpi). ... However, possibly more important is the ongoing cost, often measured in cost per page. ... Use Myshopping.com.au to search for a printer based on a given price range and compare the features.

How Do InkJet Printers Work by Simon Rogers
The printers utilizing inkjet technology were first introduced in the late 1980s and since then have gained much popularity while growing in performance and dropping in price. They are the most common type of computer printers for the general consumer due to their low cost, high quality of... They are quieter in operation than impact dot matrix printers or daisywheel printers. ... Once the cleaning cycle is complete, the inkjet printer is ready to begin printing. ... If the inkjet printer has been idle for a period of time, it will normally go through a short cleaning cycle to make sure...