Task 7. Answer the following questions:
1. What types of printers are mentioned in the text?
2. What advantages do the multifunction printers have?
3. What is the distinguishing feature of a thermal printer?
4. What is the productivity of the monochrome laser printers?
5. What is the key difference between ink-jet and laser printers?
6. What are the basic features of plotters?
7. Which printer is the fastest one according to the text?
8. What areas of our lives can printers be used in?
Task 8. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
1. Individual printers are often designed to support only local users.
2. A dot-matrix printer is used for non-impact printing.
3. Solid ink-jet printers are used as colour home printers.
4. Inkless printers can be as small as a business card.
5. Laser printers are a common type of computer printers.
Task 9. Give the English equivalents to the following Ukrainian word-combinations:
найбільш загальна форма; найшвидший спосіб; називають (відомі як); термографічний принтер; спеціальна речовина; велике споживання енергії; які мають електричний заряд; різного формату; під’єднується до комп’ютера за допомогою; додатковий колір; технологія друку; інтенсивність роботи; висока роздільна здатність; захищений від вологи; креслення.
Task 10. Fill in the missing words in the text and translate it:
form, employs, laser, adapted, data, advanced, letter-quality, impact, ink-jet, written, dot-matrix, characters, output.
A printer is a computer 1. ____ device that displays information on paper. The information can be in the form of 2. ____ script, numerical 3.____ or graphics. Printers can produce 4. ____ print, like a typewriter. There are two main types of printers: 5. ______ printers and 6. ______ printers. Dot-matrix printer 7. ____ a matrix of small pegs that, hit from behind, 8. _____ a series of dots on paper. The dot-matrix printer can 9. __ a wide variety of 10. _____ as well as graphics. Ink-jet printers can be 11. ____ to complex colour printing. The more 12. _____ type of printers is the 13. ____ printer which is capable of both black and white and colour printing.
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