A printer in computing is a peripheral which is used to obtain a hard copy of human readable text. A printer will do this by data input from the computer on which the documents are stored; the printer will then print on physical media such as paper or transparencies. A printer is primarily used as a local peripheral, and is connected by a printer cable or USB cable, to a computer, which is the source of the documents. A printer which is used for network printing and known as a network printer, will have a built in network interface, and can act as a hard copy device for any user on the network. An individual printer will often be designed to support local and connected users at the same time. There are a few different types of printer and these are, toner based printer, liquid inkjet printer, solid ink printer, dye sublimation printer, thermal printer and UV printer.