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OCR: SECTION D CHAPTER 2 PRINTERS What printer technologies are available for personal computers? Printers are one of the most popular output devices available for personal computers. Today's best-selling printers typically use ink jet or laser tech- nology An oid printer technology called dot matrix is also used in some applications. How does an ink jet printer work? An ink jet printer has nozzle- like print head that sprays ink onto paper form characters and graphics. The print head in a color ink jet printer consists of series of nozzles, each with its own ink cartridge Most ink jet printers use CMYK color which FIGURE 2-42 requires only cyan (blue) magenta (pink) yellow, and black inks to create Most ink jet printers are small, printout that appears to have thousands of colors. Alternativel ...