Category: 3. Hardware (220-1001)

3D printers allow you to print in three dimensions. You can take a three dimensional electronic model and create a 3D physical version of it. Plastic filament 3D printing is…

Virtual printers don’t provide a physical hard copy output. Instead they produce a digital document. You don’t need additional hardware and a physical printer and paper is not required. Virtual…

A thermal printer doesn’t use any ink. Instead the special type of white paper turns black when heated. Thermal printers are commonly used for receipts in registers and credit card…

Inkjet printers are relatively inexpensive compared to laser printers. Inkjet printers are relatively quiet and can provide high resolution output prints in black and white or color. However, ink maintence…

Laser printers use laser beams to print information on a piece of paper. The lasers in addition to high voltage, charged ions, powdered ink, heat, and paper combine to produce…

User authentication on the device Most operating systems allow you to set permission on who is able to perform what type of printing services on that printer. For example, you…

When printing from a Windows device to a network connected printer, you can usually provide the name of the printer, and Windows will be able to find the printer on…

Many modern printers support cloud printing which is being able to print to your printer from a mobile device wherever you are. From a mobile device you send your print…

Many network connected printers are able to manage print jobs inside of the printer itself. This means that they have an integrated print server. With an integrated print server, you’re…

We’ll need to connect our SOHO devices to the network and other devices in order to allow other devices to share its resources. Wired USB If you’re connecting a multifunction…