Question

Which of the following printer types uses an inked ribbon to produce an imprint on paper?

1) Laser printer
2) Inkjet printer
3) Dot matrix printer
4) Thermal printer

Answer 1

The dot matrix printer uses an inked ribbon to produce imprints on paper, different from laser and inkjet printers which use other technologies without ribbons.

Step-by-step explanation:

The printer type that uses an inked ribbon to produce an imprint on paper is the dot matrix printer. In contrast to other printing technologies, the dot matrix printer uses a print head that runs back and forth, or up and down, on the page and prints by impact, striking an ink-soaked cloth ribbon against the paper, much like a typewriter. This differs from laser printers, which use a xerographic process involving a laser to produce an image on a photoconducting drum, and from inkjet printers, which produce color images through a fine spray of electrostatically charged ink droplets to form images on paper.