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Step 6: Print Head

Different kinds of printers, such as laser printers and inkjet printers, use different technologies to do their actual printing. An inkjet printer, for example, uses a print cartridge that moves sideways across a piece of paper, which fires colored ink through tiny nozzles onto paper.

1. Page Description Language
2. Printer Driver
3. Parallel Port
4. Printer Cable
5. Processor
6. Print Head



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