Impact Printer Vs Non-Impact Printer

Impact Printer	Non-Impact Printer
It uses hammer that strikes the paper along with inked ribbon.	It does not use hammering technique rather use inkjet, laser and electrostatic techniques.
It is noisy.	It is not noisy.
It produces multiple copies of same document by the use of carbon.	It does not produce multiple copies.
These are slower in speed as they print one character or line at a line.	These are faster than impact printer.
These are usually cheaper.	These are costlier.
Print quality is usually low. These are not good for printing graphics such as images, charts and graphs.	Print quality is high. These are well suited to produce graphics such as images, graphs and charts.
It offers limited color printing.	It is capable of producing wide range of colors.
Examples are dot-matrix, daisy wheel, chain and drum printer.	Examples are inkjet, laser and electrostatic printer.