The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

non-impact 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)