You are working as a technician at Domain.com. The HR department has recently bought a new laser printer, and the manager of the HR department has expressed his concerns about the possibility of using wrong kind of paper and therefore ruining the new printer. In order to calm him you tell him that there is only one type of printers that needs special paper in order to print. What kind of printers is that?
A.
laser
B.
thermal
C.
dot matrix impact
D.
ink jet
Explanation:
In order to print with a thermal printer, one inserts thermo-sensitive paper between the thermal head and the platen. The printer sends an electrical current to the heating resistor of the thermal head, which in turn generates heat in a prescribed pattern. The heat activates the thermo-sensitive coloring layer of the thermo-sensitive paper, which manifests a pattern of color change in response.