绘图仪和打印机的区别

1.绘图仪：
绘图仪是一类打印机，它从计算机接收命令，然后借助各种笔在纸上绘图。它用于制作大型图形和纸上设计的硬拷贝，如施工图、工程图、建筑计划和商业图表。

它可以是您添加到计算机系统中的外围组件，也可以是具有自己内部处理器的独立设备。与打印机相比，它以相对较慢的速度生成硬拷贝数据。它可以轻松地同时从点到点绘制连续线。它主要用于绘图、建筑和工程等专业领域。

2. 打印机：
打印机是一种外部硬件输出设备，其工作是获取计算机输出的文本和图形并生成其硬拷贝。因此，基本上它处理软拷贝并生成其硬拷贝。

根据速度、成本、尺寸、所生产硬拷贝的质量和复杂的结构，有各种各样的打印机。它以更快的速度生成硬拷贝格式的数据。它一次只能打印一行。它主要用于在纸张等物理介质上生成图形和文本。

绘图仪和打印机的区别：

S.No.	PLOTTER	PRINTER
1	It can read files in the DWG, CDR, Al and other vector formats.	It can read BMP, PDF and JPG TIFF formats.
2	It is a device that draws pictures on the page with the help of commands given through a computer.	It is a device that brings images and texts on the page with the help of commands given through a network.
3	It is expensive .	It is less costly as compared to plotters.
4	It can draw continuous lines.	It cannot draw continuous lines.
5	It work on slow speeds.	It work on fast speeds.
6	Its software includes Adobe Illustrator, Corel, Flexi and CAD.	Its software includes Photoshop and any other image-editing program.
7	It gives the output in a format that is similar to a vector graphic.	It gives the output file data in a format such as bitmap or pixels.
8	Examples are Drum plotters, Flatbed plotters, Pen plotters, Electrostatic plotters, Inkjet plotters.	Examples are Laser Printers, Solid Ink Printers, LED Printers., Business Inkjet Printers, Home Inkjet, Printers, 3D Printers.