Ch14 Printers Flashcards
Six Steps of the Laser Printing Process
- Cleaning - Rubber blade removes excess toner from the drum.
- Conditioning - aka Charging - Drum gets charged
- Writing -aka exposing - laser “writes” to drum
- Developing - Negatively charged toner is applied to positive charged laser “write”
- Transferring - Toner transferrred to paper.
- Fusing - Toner is fused to the paper.
What kind of printer is a electrophotographic printer?
Laser Printer
Four Parts of a Thermal Printer
- Thermal Head - generates heat
- Platen - Rubber roller feeds paper past the print head.
- Spring - Applies pressure to print head
- Circuit Board - Controls mechanism that moves the print head.
Which type of printer uses a photoelectric drum?
Laser
During which step of the laser printing process is the transfer corona wire involved?
Transferring
Which stage of the laser printing process involves extreme heat?
Fusing
What is the most common type of consumer-based printer?
Thermal Inkjet Printer
What is the rubber roller that feeds the paper past the print head known as?
Platen
What is a common amount of pins in a dot-matrix printer’s print head?
24 Pins ( sometimes 9)
How to find Print Spooler in Win7 / Vista
Computer Management Console >> Services and Applications >> Services >> Print Spooler in list.
How to start / stop Print Spooler in cmd?
net start spooler
net stop spooler
When connecting a laser printer’s power cable, what type of device is not recommended?
UPS
When finished installing a new printer and print drivers what should you do?
- Calibrate the printer
- Print a test page.
Which is the faster option for spooling documents?
Start printing immediately.
What command turns of the print spooler?
net stop spooler
What is it known as when two printers are joined together so they can work as a team?
Printer Pooling
What window in Windows 7 / Vista enables printer sharing?
Network and Sharing Center
How can a paper jam be resolved?
- Clear the paper path.
- Check for damaged rollers.
- Use the right type of paper.
What is a possible reason for having blank pages come out of a laser printer?
Failed transfer corona wire.
What is a possible reason for having black lines on printouts?
Scratch on the laser printer drum
What two items are usually included in a laser printer maintenance kit?
- Rollers
- Fuser
One of your customers is connected to a standalone printer. The customer says there is an Out of Memory Error when printing large graphic files.
What should you do?
Upgrade the RAM on the printer.
What should you do first when removing a paper jam?
Turn off the printer.
