1. DISPLAY DEVICES
1.1. FALT-PANEL DISPLAYS
1.1.1. Graphics process unit
1.1.1.1. controls the manipulation
1.1.1.2. display of graphics on a display device
1.1.2. LCD Monitor and screens
1.1.2.1. use a digital signal
1.1.2.2. plug into a DVI,HDMI,Display port
1.1.3. Plasma Monitors
1.1.3.1. use gas plasma technology
1.1.3.2. offer screen sizes up to 150"
1.1.4. Televisions
1.1.4.1. are a good output deivce
1.1.4.2. require a converter if are your computer to analog televition
1.1.5. Digital television(DTV)
1.1.5.1. offer a crisper
1.1.5.2. higher-quality output
1.1.6. HDTV
1.1.6.1. the most advanced from of DTV
1.2. CRT MONITORS
1.2.1. is a desktop monitor that contains a cathode-ray tube
1.2.2. have a much larger footprint than do LCD monitors
1.3. Quality depends primarily
1.3.1. Resolution
1.3.2. Response time
1.3.3. Brightness
1.3.4. Dot pitch
1.3.5. Contract ratio
2. OTHER OUTPUT DEVICES
2.1. Data Projectors
2.2. Force-Feedback Joysticks,Wheelsand Gamepads
2.3. Interactive whiteboards
2.4. Tactile output
3. PRINTERS
3.1. Producing Printed Output
3.1.1. text
3.1.2. graphics
3.1.3. information
3.1.4. landscape or portrait oriertation
3.1.5. pictures
3.2. Nonimpact Printers
3.2.1. Ink-Jet Printers
3.2.1.1. spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto a piece of paper
3.2.1.2. color or black-and-white
3.2.1.3. printers with a higher dpi
3.2.2. Photo Printers
3.2.2.1. most use ink-jet technology
3.2.2.2. print photos directly from a digital camera
3.2.2.3. print from a memory card
3.2.3. Laser Printers
3.2.3.1. color,black-and-white
3.2.3.2. high-speed
3.2.3.3. high-quality
3.2.4. Thermal Printers
3.2.4.1. Thermal wax-transfer printer
3.2.4.2. Dye-sublimation printer
3.2.4.3. generates images by pushing elsctriccally heated pins
3.2.5. Mobile Printers
3.2.5.1. small,lightweight
3.2.5.2. battery‐powered printer that allows a mobile
3.2.6. Label and Postage Printers
3.2.6.1. Label printer is a small printer
3.2.6.2. Postage printer prints postage stamps
3.2.6.3. Postage also can be printed on other types of printers
3.2.7. Plotters
3.2.7.1. used to produce high‐quality drawings
3.2.8. Large-Format Printers
3.2.8.1. create photo‐realistic quality color prints on a larger scale
3.3. Impact Printers
3.3.1. Dot-matrix printer
3.3.1.1. produces printed images when tiny wire pins
3.3.2. Line prinetr
3.3.2.1. prints an entire line at a time