ITPEC IP April 2018 Question 13

Source exam: ITPEC IP April 2018Topic: Hardware

ITPEC IP April 2018 — Question 13 of 100

An impact printer can produce several copies at once by striking through multipart forms containing carbon or pressure-sensitive layers. Its print head physically hits an inked ribbon and paper, and the force transfers the characters to the sheets underneath.

Answer (b)

Why not others:
- inkjet printers spray droplets without applying the required mechanical pressure

- thermal printers create images using heat

- laser printers use electrostatic imaging and toner

Key rule: Multipart forms require impact force, which is provided by devices such as dot-matrix impact printers.

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