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  1. HP LaserJet - Wikipedia

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    LaserJet is a line of laser printers sold by HP Inc. (originally Hewlett-Packard) since 1984. The LaserJet was the world's first commercially successful laser printer. [1] Canon supplies both mechanisms and cartridges for most HP laser printers; some larger A3 models use Samsung print engines. [2][3] These printers (and later on all-in-one ...

  2. Dot matrix printing - Wikipedia

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    Dot matrix printing. Dot matrix printing, [1] sometimes called impact matrix printing, is a computer printing process in which ink is applied to a surface using a relatively low-resolution dot matrix for layout. Dot matrix printers are a type of impact printer that prints using a fixed number of pins or wires [2][3] and typically use a print ...

  3. Internet Printing Protocol - Wikipedia

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    Internet Printing Protocol. The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) is a specialized communication protocol for communication between client devices (computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.) and printers (or print servers). It allows clients to submit one or more print jobs to the network-attached printer or print server, and perform tasks such as ...

  4. PrintNightmare - Wikipedia

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    PrintNightmare is a critical security vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Windows operating system. [2][5] The vulnerability occurred within the print spooler service. [6][7] There were two variants, one permitting remote code execution (CVE-2021-34527), and the other leading to privilege escalation (CVE-2021-1675). [7][8] A third ...

  5. Graphics Device Interface - Wikipedia

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    The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) is a legacy component of Microsoft Windows responsible for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices such as monitors and printers. It was superseded by DirectDraw API and later Direct2D API. [citation needed] Windows apps use Windows API to interact with GDI, for such tasks as ...

  6. List of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations. The first five versions of WindowsWindows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1, Windows 3.0, and Windows 3.1 –were all based on MS-DOS, and were aimed at both ...

  7. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay tablets. Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, and cloth printing. Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock printing ...

  8. Printer (computing) - Wikipedia

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    They were also called "132-column printers". In computing, a printer is a peripheral machine which makes a durable representation of graphics or text, usually on paper. [1] While most output is human-readable, bar code printers are an example of an expanded use for printers. [2]