| Color Printers have come a long way, since the paint | | | | media. |
| brush days of Leonardo Da-vinci, with today's thirst for | | | | Multi function printers which consist of scanner, fax, |
| digital imaging, and color reproduction the quality of | | | | and copier are in use in many offices or home based |
| image's, photograph's or printed document, has | | | | business where these functions have proved to be |
| changed to the point where a print of Leonardo's could | | | | invaluable in the day to day operations, many printers in |
| be reproduced without effort from the home or office. | | | | use today include the ability to interface with electronic |
| Printers used today (Color Printers) are considered as | | | | media such as memory sticks or cards, blue tooth, and |
| peripheral devices, and may be used as a standalone | | | | image capture devices such as the digital camera. |
| unit (connected to a desktop) or as part of a LAN | | | | Another type of color printer that may be found in the |
| (local area Network). They may be attached by | | | | office maybe the, phase-change printer (color solid ink |
| means of a printer cable (older models) or USB cable | | | | printer) excellent for reproduction on transparencies |
| in the latest models, to a shared network via the | | | | and none porous materials, running cost compare |
| desktop PC; or as part of a net work, connected via | | | | favorably with the inkjet printers but they suffer from |
| the printer server at the AP (access point). | | | | high power consumption and require time to warm-up. |
| Color multifunction Printers, color laser printer, and color | | | | Consumables consisting of, the color printer cartridges, |
| inkjet printers are all name's familiar, in the world of | | | | single black ink cartridge, are readily available and may |
| digital media; the inkjet printer, considered to be the | | | | be purchased online (with considerable saving) or from |
| most popular printer in use today, propels droplets of | | | | a local supplier, genuine replacement cartridges are |
| liquid or molten ink onto almost any size or type of | | | | available, but these may prove to be costly. |
