Servicing Personal Computers, 3rd Edition

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Printers and monitors

This chapter is devoted to two of the most popular personal computer peripherals: printers and

monitors. For most personal computer users, these units represent a considerable investment

and their cost may well exceed that of the host computer. Happily, specialist manufacturers,

always eager to exploit an expanding market, have expanded their product ranges to cater for

the low-budget entry-system user. To this end, there has been a move away from systems

supplied solely by the original computer manufacturer and users can now shop around for

peripherals that more exactly meet their own requirements and available budget ...