Iphrinta ingelinye lamadivayisi okukhiphayo ekhompuyutha, angaqedela ukuguqulwa kusuka kukhompyutha kuye ephepheni. Kunezinkomba ezintathu eziyinhloko zokulinganisa ikhwalithi yephrinta: ukulungiswa kwephrinta, isivinini sokuphrinta nomsindo. Kunezinhlobo eziningi zamaphrinta. Ngokuya ngokuthi i-elementi yokuphrinta inesenzo sokushaya ephepheni, ihlukaniswe ngokuphrinta komthelela nokuphrinta okungewona umthelela. Ngokuya ngesakhiwo sezinhlamvu eziphrintiwe, ingahlukaniswa ngamaphrinta ezinhlamvu ezinomumo ogcwele kanye namaphrinta wezinhlamvu ze-dot-matrix. Indlela yokuqamba engenhla, amaphrinta we-serial namaphrinta omugqa, ngokobuchwepheshe obukhethiwe, ahlukaniswe amaphrinta e-cylindrical, spherical, inkjet, thermal, laser, electrostatic, magnetic, light-emitting diode amaphrinta namanye amaphrinta.

Uma kubhekwa amathuba emakethe yasekhaya ngo-2022, umsebenzi webhizinisi wamabhizinisi amancane naphakathi nendawo namuhla wehluke kakhulu kunangaphambili. Kuboniswa emkhiqizweni ongagcini nje ngokuhlangabezana nezidingo zabasebenzisi zezinhlelo ezintsha zomsebenzi, kodwa futhi ohlangabezana nezidingo zabasebenzisi bomsebenzi ohlukahlukene. Umkhiqizo akufanele uthuthuke ngokuvundlile kuphela ezibonisini zokusebenza ezifana nesivinini, kodwa futhi ujule ngokuqondile ekwandiseni umsebenzi nokuhambisana nokusebenza. Umshini odidiyelwe futhi osebenzayo wonke-in-one uzoba ithrendi engagwemeki ekuthuthukisweni kwamaphrinta.