The higher the resolution, the greater the number of individual dots that make up the screen, and the finer or more detailed the image. Different monitors can also support a different number of colors. A monitor in 8 bit mode can use 256 colors. For text this is not very important, but for pictures or graphics it is extremely important. Standard printers can handle only 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 paper.
Paper is placed in a paper tray at the bottom of the printer.
To print on a larger piece of paper, use a plotter. The HP650C in room 330 uses pens to print on paper up to 4' wide. The following is a brief list of some of the major types of software available, and those programs which we have here in the Geography Lab. Microsoft Word is the program installed on the PCs in this lab. PCs also have a more limited program called NotePad, and Macs have a more limited program called SimpleText.