| We all know that compact printers are extremely | | | | help of light sources. The graphics and text that are |
| beneficial when it comes to business needs, and they | | | | produced through these printers are of very high |
| are perfect electronics to take along with you while | | | | quality. |
| traveling. Regardless of whether you are on a | | | | 4. Dot matrix: These printers have a speed of about |
| business trip or a vacation you will have the | | | | 50 to 500 characters per second. The pins that they |
| satisfaction and control of knowing that you will be | | | | have are also different depending on the type you |
| taking care of business with the help of your very | | | | purchase. These are mostly used to print invoices, |
| handy compact printer. The main categories which | | | | shipping forms, purchase orders, multi part forms and |
| compact printers can be divided into are ink jet, laser, | | | | labels. |
| dot matrix and thermal. | | | | 5. Thermal: The main types of compact printers that |
| 1. The ink jet (bubble jet): These machines make an | | | | you can purchase are the thermal transfer, ink jet and |
| image with the help of ionized drops that are sprayed | | | | thermal printers. These printers are very small in size, |
| on to the page. There are many resolutions and colors | | | | making them very compact. They do not weigh much |
| to choose from and they produce high quality prints | | | | either and the smallest one weighs about one pound. |
| which are almost like the quality produced by laser | | | | You can carry it in a bag while traveling and take it |
| printers. They normally have a resolution of about 300 | | | | from one room to another for meetings. However, ink |
| dots per inch. | | | | jets have a slightly heavier weight (about two pounds) |
| 2. Laser: These make an image with the help of laser | | | | and it even needs a different kind of paper so it can |
| beams. They print really fast as compared to other | | | | produce printed pages. It is usually better to purchase |
| types of printers and their cartridges will last you | | | | the printer which does not need special print pages to |
| longer, compared with ink jet varieties. | | | | perform. |
| 3. LED/LCD: These printers make an image with the | | | | |
