A page printer is a type of computer printer that prints on cut sheet paper. A modern page printer may use any of various technologies, such as laser, LED or inkjet. Most modern computer printers are page printers.
The page printer was jointly developed (circa 1900) and patented in 1924 by Sterling Morton and Howard Krum.. Works like a copy machine, using toner and a heat bar. Laser printers are in this category. Advantages: Quiet Faster than other non impact printers, from 4 to 16 ppm (pages per minute) High quality print and graphics. Some can do color. Disadvantages: More expensive than impact printers Cannot use multiple-copy paper
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“If there is nothing new on the earth, still the traveler always has a resource in the skies. They are constantly turning a new page to view. The wind sets the types on this blue ground, and the inquiring may always read a new truth there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Although then a printer by trade, he listed himself in this early directory as an antiquarian. When he was asked the reason for this he replied that he always thought every town should have at least one antiquarian, and since none appeared for the post, he volunteered.”
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