1.14 Flashcards

1
Q

How does a Inkjet printers print?

A

Dropping ink onto the page

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2
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Which type of printer drops ink onto the page?

A

Inkjet

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3
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How does Inkjet printers feed paper?

A

Feed rollers

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4
Q

How does the ink move across a page on Inkjet printers?

A

Carriage

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5
Q

What moves the carriage back and forth on Inkjet printers?

A

Belt

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6
Q

What are feed rollers?

A

Feeds the paper on a Inkjet printer

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7
Q

What is a carriage on an Inkjet printer?

A

It holds the cartridges on an Inkjet printer

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8
Q

What does the belt do on an Inkjet printer?

A

It’s moves the carriage back and forth

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9
Q

Up to how many ink cartridges might there be on an Inkjet printer?

A

4

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10
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What does an inkjet printer need to do to make sure the cartridges are aligned?

A

calibration

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11
Q

What kind of colors are used in an inkjet printer?

A

CMYK

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12
Q

Where does the image get drawn onto on laser printers?

A

Photosensitive drum

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13
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What is the photosensitive drum on laser printers?

A

It is what the image gets drawn onto by the laser

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14
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What draws the image onto the photosensitive drum on a laser printer?

A

The laser

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15
Q

What does the photosensitive drum pick up?

A

Toner

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16
Q

What fuses the toner to the paper on a laser printer?

A

Fuser assembly

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17
Q

What does the fuser assembly do on a laser printer?

A

It fuses the toner to the paper

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18
Q

How does the fuser assembly get the toner to stick to the page?

A

It melts it and add pressure

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19
Q

What kind of colors are used in a laser printer?

A

CMYK

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20
Q

Are toner cartridges separated or combined on a laser printer?

A

Separate

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21
Q

What transfers the image from the cartridges to the paper on a laser printer?

A

Transfer belt

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22
Q

What is a transfer belt on a laser printer?

A

It transfers the toner from the cartridges onto the paper

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23
Q

What picks up the paper and pulls it into the laser printer?

A

Pick up roller

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24
Q

What is a pickup roller on a laser printer?

A

It picks the paper up and pulls it into the printer

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25
Q

What is a separation pad?

A

Pulls just the top sheet from the paper tray

26
Q

What pulls just the top sheet from the paper tray?

A

Separation pad

27
Q

What is duplex on a printer?

A

It lets you print on both sides of the page without having to manually flip the paper

28
Q

What lets you print on both sides of the paper without having to flip the page manually?

A

Duplex

29
Q

When in duplex mode on a printer does it print on both sides at the same time?

A

No

30
Q

What does Processing (Step 1) do on laser printers??

A

Building the entire page in memory

31
Q

What does Charging (Step 2) do on laser printers??

A

Prepare the drum with a negative electrostatic charge

32
Q

What does Exposing (Step 3) do on laser printers?

A

Write the image with the laser

33
Q

What does Developing (Step 4) do on laser printers?

A

Add negatively-charged toner to the imaging drum

34
Q

What does Transferring (Step 5) do on laser printers?

A

Move the toner from the drum to the paper

35
Q

What does Fusing (Step 6) do on laser printers?

A

Adds heat and pressure to fuse the toner to the page

36
Q

What does Cleaning (Step 7) do on laser printers?

A

Cleans the photosensitive drum

37
Q

Which step in laser printing builds the entire page in memory?

A

Processing (Step 1)

38
Q

Which step in laser printing prepares the drum with a negative electrostatic charge?

A

Charging (Step 2)

39
Q

Which step in laser printing writes the image with a laser to the photosensitive drum?

A

Exposing (Step 3)

40
Q

Which step in laser printing adds negatively-charged toner to the imaging drum?

A

Developing (Step 4)

41
Q

Which step in laser printing moves the toner from the drum to the paper?

A

Transferring (Step 5)

42
Q

Which step in laser printing add heat and pressure to the paper to fuse the toner?

A

Fusing (Step 6)

43
Q

Which step in laser printing removes the excess toner from the photosensitive drum?

A

Cleaning (Step 7)

44
Q

Which type of printing uses no ink?

A

Thermal

45
Q

What pulls the paper through on a thermal printer?

A

Feeding assembly

46
Q

How does a thermal printer work?

A

Heats up the paper and burns the image onto the page

47
Q

Does the heating element on a thermal printer move?

A

No it’s a full-length heating element

48
Q

What kind of paper do you need for a thermal printer?

A

Thermal paper

49
Q

What is a virtual printer?

A

Saves to a file

50
Q

Which type of printer saves to a file?

A

Virtual printing

51
Q

How do you copy a file to a printer on a virtual printer?

A

Use the command line

52
Q

What types of files can a virtual printer save?

A

.pdf/.xps/ Image file

53
Q

How do impact printers work?

A

print head with a small matrix of pins presses against a ribbon to make a mark on the paper

54
Q

What puts the information on a the page on a impact printer?

A

Print head

55
Q

How many print heads does an impact printer have?

A

1

56
Q

Which type of printer prints with a small matrix of pins that strike the page?

A

Impact Printer

57
Q

Which piece has the ink in it on a impact printer?

A

Printer ribbon

58
Q

What is a printer ribbon on a impact printer?

A

It is the piece that has the ink on it

59
Q

How is a page fed on an impact printer?

A

Tractor feed

60
Q

What is a tractor feed?

A

It pulls the paper through with holes on the side of the paper