Input and Output

Monday, January 17, 2011

Ergonomic Keyboard
Computer keyboard designed with ergonomic considerations to decrease muscle strain and a host of related problems is called as an ergonomic keyboard.. 'Ergonomic considerations' is a phrase which can get a lot of meanings so let's look at what a few of those are. A good ergonomic computer keyboard is going to keep your hands, wrists and shoulders in a better position than a standard keyboard would.


Ink-jet Printer
An ink-jet printer is a type of computer printer that sprays ink at high speed onto the surface of paper. Magnetized plates in the ink's path direct the ink onto the paper in the desired shapes. It is most widely used printers due to reliable, quiet and relatively inexpensive. Ink-jet printers are capable of producing high quality print approaching that produced by laser printers.
.Laser Printer
A laser printer is a common type of computer printer that rapidly produces high quality text, graphics capable of printing an almost unlimited variety of fonts on plain paper. It use laser beam to produce images with excellent letter and graphics quality. It is more expensive than ink-jet printer. Besides that, it is faster and are used in applications requiring high quality input.
Magnetic-ink chatacter reader (MICR)
Magnetic Ink Character Reader (MICR) is an input device widely used by banks to automatically read those unusual numbers on the bottom of checks. It consists of special ink called magnetic ink (i.e. an ink that contains iron oxide particles) is used to write characters on the check and deposit forms to be processed by an MICR. It is capable of reading characters which are compared with special potter stored in the memory to identify the characters.


Optical-character recognition (OCR)
Optical character recognition is the recognition of printed or written text characters by a computer. This involves photoscanning of the text character-by-character, analysis of the scanned-in image, and then translation of the character image into character codes, such as ASCII, commonly used in data processing. A common OCR device is the handheld wand reader and usually used in department stores to read retail price tags.


Optical-mark recognition (OMR)
Optical-mark recognition also called optical-mark reading is the process of capturing human-marked data from document forms such as surveys and multiple choice tests. Optical-mark recognition is the technology of electronically extracting intended data from marked fields, such as checkboxes and fill-in fields, on printed forms. It is generally distinguished from OCR by the fact that a recognition engine is not needed.

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