3.10 Given a scenario, configure SOHO multifunction devices/printers and settings.

Question 1

Multifunction devices and printers are suitable for ___ use. They save cost and take up less space by combining multiple functions into a single device.

Answer 1

small office home office (SOHO)

Question 2

Multifunction devices may be plug and play, but to get the most functionality you must do what?

Answer 2

The proper drivers for that device should be loaded. The drivers are specific not only to the device but to the operating system. You also need to select the proper driver for either 32-bit or 64-bit systems.

Question 3

What does duplex do?

Answer 3

Enabling duplex mode causes the printer to print on both sides of the paper.

Question 4

prints on both sides

Answer 4

duplex

Question 5

the order in which pages are printed

Answer 5

Collate

Question 6

What does collate do?

Answer 6

If set to collate, the printer will print the complete document in a select order before printing the next copy.

Question 7

There are two options for orientation, ___ or ___.

Answer 7

portrait

landscape

Question 8

What is landscape orientation often used for?

Answer 8

Spreadsheets and slides.

Question 9

Print quality settings control ___ and ___.

Answer 9

resolution

color

Question 10

This is also known as (DPI) dots per inch

Answer 10

Resolution

Question 11

Higher ___ provide better quality printouts.

Answer 11

resolutions

Question 12

___ settings control how vivid the print output is.

Answer 12

Color

Question 13

Devices can be shared by multiple users, over wired or wireless connections. What are three general ways users can send tasks to a printer?

Answer 13

1) Direct connection to the printer
2) Through a print server
3) Through a cloud printing service

Question 14

What are three cable types used for making wired connections to printers?

Answer 14

USB A or B

serial

Ethernet

Question 15

___ is the most common way to connect a printer to a computer. When connected, that computer can be configured to make that printer shareable.

Answer 15

USB B or A

Question 16

___ is an older connection method using a serial cable with a DB-9 or DB-25 connector. It is unlikely that you would see this type of connection today.

Answer 16

Serial

Question 17

Printers that are designed to work on a network will have an ___ connector. They are easily shared, since the are connected directly to the network.

Answer 17

RJ-45 Ethernet

Question 18

Wireless connections to printers may be made via ___, ___, or a direct ___ connection.

Answer 18

Bluetooth

802.11

ad hoc

Question 19

What is one advantage and one disadvantage of Bluetooth connections to printers?

Answer 19

Mobile devices can use Bluetooth to send documents directly to the printer.

Bluetooth has a short range of about 10 meters (about 30 feet).

Question 20

Printers may use the ___ wireless protocol to make WiFi connections to networks. Any device on the network can then use that printer. A device may also connect directly to a printer using this.

Answer 20

802.11

Question 21

In ___, a device connects directly to the printer over 802.11.

Answer 21

ad hoc mode

Question 22

When the device and the printer use the network WiFi infrastructure to communicate, it is referred to as ____.

Answer 22

infrastructure mode

Question 23

___ allow prioritization of print jobs, and delete jobs after they’ve been sent, may be a separate device or integrated into another.

Answer 23

Print servers

Question 24

What does it mean when a print server “spools” a request?

Answer 24

Print servers can spool (temporarily store) requests for printers that are busy; hard drive caching of print jobs.

Question 25

___ is a service that allows you to print from anywhere you have Internet access, not all printers can do this so you must check for compatibility.

Answer 25

Cloud printing

Question 26

If a printer is connected directly to a computer, what must you do to allow users to make use of it?

Answer 26

The operating system must be configured to make the printer available to users on the network.

Question 27

What is a security concern when using printers?

Answer 27

To ensure data privacy of print jobs, you need to manage user authentication and spooling to ensure that users cannot read other users’ print jobs.

Question 28

Different operating systems have their own mechanisms for sharing printers.

What tools would you use on a Windows and Apple computer respectively to make printers shareable?

Answer 28

Control Panel

Bonjour

Question 29

Users can access printers over TCP and UDP by identifying what two things?

Answer 29

the IP address of the computer

the TCP/UDP ports it uses

Question 30

If you’re configuring a firewall, what four ports may you need to open to allow network printing?

Answer 30

UDP 137 - NetBIOS
UDP 138 -NetBIOS
TCP 139 - NetBIOS
TCP 445 - SMB/CIFS

Question 31

MacOS computers share printers using the ___ protocol.

Answer 31

Bonjour

Question 32

Windows users would have to install ___ to access Bonjour printers/print servers.

Answer 32

iTunes

Question 33

Apple mobile devices running iOS use ___ to print to shared printers over WiFi.

Answer 33

AirPrint

Question 34

Users can be required to authenticate to print servers. They authenticate at one of two security levels:

Answer 34

user or administrator.

Question 35

What is the difference between user and administrator. when managing print servers?

Answer 35

Users are limited to printing and managing their own print jobs. This prevents other users from seeing or interfering with other users’ print jobs. Administrators can manage all print jobs.

Question 36

____ of print jobs is called spooling. It allows print jobs to be stored on a storage device until the printer is ready to print it. The print job sits in a file until it is printed, and then it should be automatically deleted.

Answer 36

Hard drive caching

Question 37

Automatic deletion of cached print jobs may fail. In that case, what can be done to preserve data security?

Answer 37

The file can be manually deleted by an administrator.

Question 38

iTunes would be useful in what SOHO printer scenario?

Answer 38

Sending print jobs to an Apple device/printer that uses Bonjour protocol from a Windows device.

Question 39

What devices use Airprint, and what does it do?

Answer 39

Apple mobile devices running iOS use AirPrint to print to shared printers over WiFi.

Question 40

If your printer is connecting to a wireless network using an access point in your SOHO, then we call this ___.

Answer 40

infrastructure mode

Question 41

infrastructure mode means what?

Answer 41

All of your devices are connecting to an access point. And the access point allows all of the devices to communicate between each other.

Question 42

Some printers also allow you to communicate over 802.11 but not using an access point. We call this mode ___.

Answer 42

ad hoc mode

Question 43

In these connections, you’re communicating directly between the printer and your local device.

Answer 43

ad hoc

Question 44

ad hoc mode means what?

Answer 44

There’s no access point being connected to. And there’s usually additional configuration settings you’ll have to turn on to be able to communicate directly to the printer without using an access point.

Question 45

How do you typically manage integrated print servers?

Answer 45

Through a website, application on a computer, or the front panel of the SOHO device itself.

Question 46

NetBIOS is a protocol that allows communication of files and printers in a LAN, what port does it use?

Answer 46

UDP 137
UDP 138
TCP 139

Question 47

Server Message Block, one version of which was also known as Common Internet File System is a communication protocol for providing shared access to files, printers, and serial ports between nodes on a network. What port does it use?

Answer 47

TCP 445