nonimpact printer

noun
1.
a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
British Dictionary definitions for non-impact printer

non-impact printer

noun
1.
(computing) any printing device in which the images are created without being struck onto the paper, such as a laser printer or ink-jet printer
non-impact printer in Technology

printer
Any printer, such as a laser printer, ink-jet printer, LED page printer, that prints without striking the paper, unlike a dot matrix printer which hits the paper with small pins. Non-impact printers are quieter than impact printers, and also faster due the lack of moving parts in the print head.
(1995-11-20)