Black Brunswick!

I'm having a bit of a problem here. I've been asked a question which I am unable to answer definitively, the question put to me was "Which printer is the fastests, is it the :

Inkjet printer.

Electrothermal Printer.

DaisyWheel Printer (which I feel is not an option) or

Barrel Printer (Capable of printing 3000 lines per minute) the question put to me does not pertain to graphical printing capabilities but rather lines per minute.

If any one can provide me with a definitive answer, perhaps a reference source to assist me, I would greatly appreciate it.

PohTayToez

I imagine it would have to be the Barrel Printer... while an Inkjet is more useful/practical, for sheer printing speed I don't think any Inkjet can get close to matching 3000 LPM.

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Black Brunswick!

Thanks for your answer. This has been haunting me for days, and I've been searching endlessly to find some indication. The inkjet to me was subjective since it all depends on manufacturer claims and I don't have enough knowledge on printers to be able to state that it's faster or slower. And the lines per minute versus Pages per minute made it difficult to distinguish, how many lines equals a single page, lol.

Thanks again.

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PohTayToez

Laser printers, however, I believe are the fastest of all, able to print nearly 2 pages a second.

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heyman421

pretty sure a laser is an electrothermal, and a barrel is what they use for printing newspapers???

i would say the barrel has a definitive speed advantage, but i don't know what a daisywheel is....

Black Brunswick!

I have no idea, this is one form of a barrel printer.



They say this concerning Line printers (barrel printer being this)

This is a modern line printer.



It's a spoked wheel with a raised character on each spoke, the wheel is rotated until the appropriate character is in position. Then a hammer strikes the character against the ribbon or paper. It's a very slow printer.

http://www.nzeldes.com/HOC/images/HardFonts02.jpg

Called a daisy wheel because of that design, it works in similar fashion to a typewriter, just electronically.

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