19. Print Technologies

Question 1

What are the 5 types of printers you should know about for the exam?

Answer 1

Impact, Inkjet, Laser, Thermal, Virtual

Question 2

Your paper runs through the printers using a system of sprockets and tractors. What is this called?

Answer 2

Continuous feed

Question 3

Your printers composes the entire page in memory, then prints. What is this called?

Answer 3

A page printer

Question 4

A large circuit board in your printer is called what?

Answer 4

The print controller

Question 5

The toner cartridge often contains what other important laser printer component?

Answer 5

The imaging drum

Question 6

Name the six steps of the laser printer imaging process.

Answer 6

Conditioning, Writing, Developing, Transferring, Fusing, Cleaning

Question 7

What is used by the two most popular types of inkjet printers - thermal and piezoelectric?

Answer 7

heat and electricity

Question 8

The print head on an inkjet printer is found in which two locations?

Answer 8

The cartridge or the printer itself

Question 9

Thermal printers are normally found where?

Answer 9

As point of sale devices

Question 10

Name four types of common virtual printers.

Answer 10

Print to File, Print to PDF, Print to XPS, Print to Image