In this post, we will understand the difference between a printer and a scanner −PrinterIt is a device that acquires the output (text and graphics) from a computer and generates a hard copy of it.It is considered as an output device.A digital document can be rendered on a paper by creating an impact or by using charges on a photosensitive material.Examples of printers include Laser Printers, Solid Ink Printers, LED Printers, Business Inkjet Printers, Home Inkjet, Printers, and 3D Printers.Following is a Laser Printer −ScannerIt is a device that scans the documents and converts them into a digital format.It is ... Read More

3D printing, also referred to as additive manufacturing is the method of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. 3D printing is gaining more popularity nowadays because of its enormous potential in science and technology.What is Multi-material 3D Printing?In 3D printing, a three-dimensional object is formed from piling ultra-thin layers of material on top of one another so that the object is an exact clone or visual replica of the original thing- the same as in regular HD printing, but with the depth perception.How does 3D Printing Work?The engineer will first determine which object to create, by either searching ... Read More

OCROCR, Optical Chararacter Recognition, is a technology to convert the scanned documents into digital documents. This technique helps to identify the text stored in images and is also used to distinguish the hand written vs printed documents.MICRMICR, Magnetic Ink Character Reader, is also a character recognition technology majorly used by banks to process and clear the cheques. MICR is also used to verify the documents.Sr. No.KeyOCRMICR1Stands forOCR stands for Optical Character Recognition.MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Reader.2ScanningOCR can scan any kind of printed text.MICR scan specific formats present in a cheque.3Supported FontsA wide variety of fonts are supported.Few fonts ... Read More

Impact PrintersImpact printers are printers which works by creating a direct contact between ink ribbon and paper. These printers are noisy yet popular. Impact printers have mechanical moving parts to conduct printing. Examples: Dot-matrix printers, Daisy-wheel printers, and line printers.Non-Impact PrintersNon-Impact printers don't uses any direct contact between ink ribbon and paper. They use laser, xerographic, electrostatic, chemical or inkjet technology. These printers are less noisy and don't have mechanical moving parts to conduct printing. Examples: Inkjet printers and Laser printers.Sr. No.KeyImpact PrintersNon-Impact Printers1ConceptCharacters, graphics are printed on a paper by striking.Characters, graphics are printed on a paper without striking.2ConceptPrinting ... Read More

Theme writing is very important under the banner of Academic writing. One must keep it crisp and clear in order to avoid any confusion in it.Things to keep in mind for Theme WritingUnity: All your sentences should work around a central idea. This will happen only when at the beginning itself we know about the keywords and the key sentence in the paragraph. The key sentence in the paragraph defines our field of work or the subject matter of our creative flow of thoughts. We must strategically confine ourselves to eliminate ourselves from any sort of digression from our themeCoherence: ... Read More

Satire is a genre of English Literature which is very much confused with irony. It has the target is on the audience in a very indirect manner.Examples of Satire from English Literature:George Orwell's Animal FarmMark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAbsolem and Achitophel by John DrydenThe Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose BierceRestoration Age as the Age of SatireRestoration age was the age of satire with John Dryden, Jonathan Swift as the major political satirists. They pointed out the follies of the then Monarch and that too through their writings. One must not forget “Absalom and Achitophel “ as the gallery of portraits ... Read More

Shakespeare is one of the greatest of all writers. He is the one who is remembered for only the magnanimity and grandeur of his works. The works of Shakespeare can be divided into three stages - historical, comedies, and tragedies. Out of the tragedies, King Lear is a melancholic tragedy written in 1605.Features of TragedyThe hero has a terrible flaw.The mood of foreboding follows the play.Hero has experiences of providence not favoring him.The end is usually the death of one or more people as a part of the play.If not death, there is a downfall of the hero which may ... Read More

Both, Wordsworth and Coleridge were famous poets of their time, but both received praise for their own distinct writing styles.ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge is a popular name among Romantic poets who were influenced by the French Revolution. He was a leader of the British Romantic movement and was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England.Features of Coleridge’s PoetryTreatment of the Supernatural: He treats the supernatural in such a manner that it becomes convincing and at the same time, in some sense, a criticism of life.Suspension of Disbelief: The way in which Coleridge has achieved the willing suspension of disbelief has ... Read More

Victorian age is known as the richest age of English Literature. There was a rise in so many writings in terms of prose, fiction, and poetry. Out of the famous novelists, the contribution of Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens cannot be overlooked.Thomas HardyBorn in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England on June 2, 1840, Thomas Hardy was a pessimistic critic and a novelist. His inclination towards the countryside and life of Vessex was reflected in his works.The man-nature relationship remains very indifferent to the man of his writings.In fact, Hardy's tragic vision is a part of his pessimism.The role of fate is ... Read More

Victorian writers were focusing on the dialogue and immediate action was witnessed by Wuthering Heights because it was tagged as a ‘rude’ and ‘coarse‘ piece of writing. Later commentators like C.P. Sanger in his famous essay, The Structure of Wuthering Heights, published in 1926, demonstrated in detail the accuracy of novel’s time scheme, topography, legal processes, and the strange symmetry of the family tree.Wuthering Heights As A ClassicWuthering Heights is not only a classic novel but also a pioneering text of the Gothic genre. It feels chaotic human emotions, with realness mixed with themes of death and supernatural events. Even ... Read More