1.14 Flashcards
How does a Inkjet printers print?
Dropping ink onto the page
Which type of printer drops ink onto the page?
Inkjet
How does Inkjet printers feed paper?
Feed rollers
How does the ink move across a page on Inkjet printers?
Carriage
What moves the carriage back and forth on Inkjet printers?
Belt
What are feed rollers?
Feeds the paper on a Inkjet printer
What is a carriage on an Inkjet printer?
It holds the cartridges on an Inkjet printer
What does the belt do on an Inkjet printer?
It’s moves the carriage back and forth
Up to how many ink cartridges might there be on an Inkjet printer?
4
What does an inkjet printer need to do to make sure the cartridges are aligned?
calibration
What kind of colors are used in an inkjet printer?
CMYK
Where does the image get drawn onto on laser printers?
Photosensitive drum
What is the photosensitive drum on laser printers?
It is what the image gets drawn onto by the laser
What draws the image onto the photosensitive drum on a laser printer?
The laser
What does the photosensitive drum pick up?
Toner
What fuses the toner to the paper on a laser printer?
Fuser assembly
What does the fuser assembly do on a laser printer?
It fuses the toner to the paper
How does the fuser assembly get the toner to stick to the page?
It melts it and add pressure
What kind of colors are used in a laser printer?
CMYK
Are toner cartridges separated or combined on a laser printer?
Separate
What transfers the image from the cartridges to the paper on a laser printer?
Transfer belt
What is a transfer belt on a laser printer?
It transfers the toner from the cartridges onto the paper
What picks up the paper and pulls it into the laser printer?
Pick up roller
What is a pickup roller on a laser printer?
It picks the paper up and pulls it into the printer
What is a separation pad?
Pulls just the top sheet from the paper tray
What pulls just the top sheet from the paper tray?
Separation pad
What is duplex on a printer?
It lets you print on both sides of the page without having to manually flip the paper
What lets you print on both sides of the paper without having to flip the page manually?
Duplex
When in duplex mode on a printer does it print on both sides at the same time?
No
What does Processing (Step 1) do on laser printers??
Building the entire page in memory
What does Charging (Step 2) do on laser printers??
Prepare the drum with a negative electrostatic charge
What does Exposing (Step 3) do on laser printers?
Write the image with the laser
What does Developing (Step 4) do on laser printers?
Add negatively-charged toner to the imaging drum
What does Transferring (Step 5) do on laser printers?
Move the toner from the drum to the paper
What does Fusing (Step 6) do on laser printers?
Adds heat and pressure to fuse the toner to the page
What does Cleaning (Step 7) do on laser printers?
Cleans the photosensitive drum
Which step in laser printing builds the entire page in memory?
Processing (Step 1)
Which step in laser printing prepares the drum with a negative electrostatic charge?
Charging (Step 2)
Which step in laser printing writes the image with a laser to the photosensitive drum?
Exposing (Step 3)
Which step in laser printing adds negatively-charged toner to the imaging drum?
Developing (Step 4)
Which step in laser printing moves the toner from the drum to the paper?
Transferring (Step 5)
Which step in laser printing add heat and pressure to the paper to fuse the toner?
Fusing (Step 6)
Which step in laser printing removes the excess toner from the photosensitive drum?
Cleaning (Step 7)
Which type of printing uses no ink?
Thermal
What pulls the paper through on a thermal printer?
Feeding assembly
How does a thermal printer work?
Heats up the paper and burns the image onto the page
Does the heating element on a thermal printer move?
No it’s a full-length heating element
What kind of paper do you need for a thermal printer?
Thermal paper
What is a virtual printer?
Saves to a file
Which type of printer saves to a file?
Virtual printing
How do you copy a file to a printer on a virtual printer?
Use the command line
What types of files can a virtual printer save?
.pdf/.xps/ Image file
How do impact printers work?
print head with a small matrix of pins presses against a ribbon to make a mark on the paper
What puts the information on a the page on a impact printer?
Print head
How many print heads does an impact printer have?
1
Which type of printer prints with a small matrix of pins that strike the page?
Impact Printer
Which piece has the ink in it on a impact printer?
Printer ribbon
What is a printer ribbon on a impact printer?
It is the piece that has the ink on it
How is a page fed on an impact printer?
Tractor feed
What is a tractor feed?
It pulls the paper through with holes on the side of the paper
