Printing method is the technology the printer uses to print.

Compatibility between ink and paper is an important element in ultimate print quality. Some printers use the inkjet technology in which the ink slides on the paper somewhat like an ink pen on paper. Bubble jet technology uses ink bubbles for printing. In piezoelectric technology, the ink in the ink chamber is first charged before it is transferred on the paper.

It is the intelligence of the printer which moves the printer head (from where the printer prints) logically, i.e. the printer heads moves only to that area of the paper where the printing has to be done.

When the user sends a print command to the printer from his PC, the command is stored into the memory of the printer. The printer executes these stored commands from the memory through a buffer. This buffer, which receives the command from the computer, is the receiver buffer.

The higher the receiver buffer, the faster the printing speed. You can also give many print commands without jamming up the system or the print queue.