Output Devices

Monitor (mobile phone, PDA)

The monitor is also an important piece of hardware that is used in a computer system to create and manipulate digital graphics. The monitor is important as it outputs the software interface onto the screen allowing the user to view the image that they are creating and it allows them to edit the image as they can interact with the software. Dual monitors are very useful in the digital graphics field as the desktop can display more surface area allowing them to have multiple images or programs open on screen at a time. Devices such as mobile phones and personal data assistants allow the user to view and store images that they have created of are going to edit.

Printers

A printer is an output device that converts an electronic document onto printing paper, photo paper, transparent film, etc. The main modern types of printers are toner based printers, liquid ink jet printers, solid ink printers, inkless printers and dye sublimination printers. Once the graphic designer has finished editing their image they can print it out onto high resolution paper. This means that they can transfer the digital image to a photographic output. Most graphic designers use high quality printers. The higher the quality of printer that they use means the better quality the image will look.