19. Print Technologies Flashcards
What are the 5 types of printers you should know about for the exam?
Impact, Inkjet, Laser, Thermal, Virtual
Your paper runs through the printers using a system of sprockets and tractors. What is this called?
Continuous feed
Your printers composes the entire page in memory, then prints. What is this called?
A page printer
A large circuit board in your printer is called what?
The print controller
The toner cartridge often contains what other important laser printer component?
The imaging drum
Name the six steps of the laser printer imaging process.
Conditioning, Writing, Developing, Transferring, Fusing, Cleaning
What is used by the two most popular types of inkjet printers - thermal and piezoelectric?
heat and electricity
The print head on an inkjet printer is found in which two locations?
The cartridge or the printer itself
Thermal printers are normally found where?
As point of sale devices
Name four types of common virtual printers.
Print to File, Print to PDF, Print to XPS, Print to Image