Personal computers have made students papers much more presentable than they were thirty years ago. The resulting term papers printed in brother ink are so much better than anything that could be produced at that time using the old IBM typewriter.

While many college freshmen were not alive at that time, term papers were produced on typewriters. While these machines were over a century in age at that time, it was difficult to produce a perfect paper. In fact, many students found that their graded were more dependent on their typing ability rather than their grasp of the subject. Mistakes made in typing were difficult to repair and often, attempts at erasing type ruined entire pages. The rough typing erasers could easily tear a hole through paper, and white-out could make a paper appear very messy. These seemingly small errors could take a mountain of time to correct.

Enter into the world, the personal computer. Once word processing became available, it was possible to prepare a paper that could show of your grasp of a concept and be perfect in grammar and spelling.

The problem then became getting that information out in a way that was acceptable as a term paper. Nine pin printers offered poor quality print. Ribbons could start to wear and make reading of the print difficult. Some professors simply refused to accept papers printed on these early printers.

There were some attempts at daisy wheel printers. These printers were typewriters that could connect to a computer. The print that they produced was comparable to the typewriter as the print was produced in the same way. However, these printer were very slow and unable to keep up with the computers.

The inkjet printer brought marked improvement in the computer printing world. Even early inkjet printers offered "near letter quality" papers. The ink from the jet was able to flow together so that individual dots were less apparent than with pin printers and the inkjet was faster than the daisy wheel printers. After the color capabilities were introduced, these printers began to overtake the market. Not only could they produce documents in many fonts, they were able to make charts, graphs and print high quality photographs.

Today, laser jet printers also offer low cost printing, but often at a higher initial expense. Due to that initial expense, ink jet printers remain more popular today. In addition to the numerous fonts available, the ink jet now prints photos with a high number of pixels. In addition they can also produce charts, graphs and other illustrations for the presentation.

Producing high quality documents using brother inks is not only useful in the academic world. Today, these same high quality documents are expected and required in the business world as well. It is often difficult to even find a typewriter in the business world today. Nearly everything that could be done on the typewriter can now be done on the personal computer. Perhaps you will choose to print your own business cards or letterhead. Printers combine with computers to make very powerful communication devices.