What is the difference between printer and plotter?

With the first model plotters, the plotter basically used a pen nib to draw maps ect, using co ordinate based software and generally printed on rolls of paper.

Where as a printer, prints on sheets of paper and geneally prints graphical or text based documents. however nowadays, plotters, can be widely referred to as large format.

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