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Chapter 10 Flashcards

1
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Are electromechanical output devices that are used to put information from the computer onto paper. p447

A

Printers

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2
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Four classifications of printers: p448

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inkjet (bubble-jet)
laser
thermal

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3
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Use some from of impact and an inked ribbon to make an imprint on the paper. p 448

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Impact Printers

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4
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Impact printers also use a paper feed mechanism called _______that requires special paper. p448

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Tractor Feed

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5
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Is one of the oldest printing technologies in use. p448

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Daisy- wheel printer

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6
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When the printer needs to print a character it sends a signal to the mechanism that contains the wheel. This mechanism is called the what? p448

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print head

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7
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An electromechanical hammer called a _________ then strikes the back of the petal containing the character. p448

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Solenoid

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8
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Their speed is rated by the number of ________ they can print. p449

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(CPS) Character per second

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9
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This typewriter level of quality was given a name: p449

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(LQ) Letter Quality

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10
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These printers work in a manner similar to daisy-wheel printers but instead of a spinning character-imprinted wheel the print head contains a row of pins (short, sturdy stalks of hard wire. p449

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Dot-Matrix Printer

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11
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The main disadvantage of dot- matrix printers is their _______ which can be quite poor compared to the quality produced with a daisy wheel. p 450

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Image quality

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12
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The output quality of such printers is referred to as _________ good mainly for providing your initial text to a correspondent or reviser. p450

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Draft quality

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13
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(NLQ) stands for what? p450

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Near letter quality

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14
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what does finishers do? p493

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It does this by folding stapling hole punching sorting or collating the sets of documents being printed into their final form.

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15
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Typically attaches to the front of a laser printer and feeds in envelopes one at a time. p492

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Envelope feeder

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16
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What are some of the things to watch out for in your printers environment: p489

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Heat
Light
Ozone
Ammonia

17
Q

When working with print media it is especially important to calibrate all your hardware including your monitor scanner printer and digital camera to ensure what? p476

A

Color matching

18
Q

Before installing any device read your devices what? p475

A

Installation Instructions

19
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If the wrong printer driver is selected the computer will send commands in the wrong language. If that occurs the printer will print several page full of what? p 475

A

Garbage

20
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PCL stands for what? p 473

A

Printer Command Language

21
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GDI stands for what? p473

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Graphics Device Interface

22
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Developed by Hewlett-Packed in 1984 and originally intended for use with ink-jet printers as a competitor to PostScript. p473

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PCL

23
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Is actually a Windows component and is not specific to printers. p 473

A

GDI

24
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Simply wireless transmissions that use radiation in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum. p472

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Infrared Transmissions

25
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It’s very rare to find a serial printer in use today due to slow what? p471

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Data transmission speed

26
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Is the collection of hardware and software that allows the printer to communicate with a computer. p470

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Interface

27
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An interface incorporates several components including its interface type and the what? p470

A

Interface software

28
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Talking about the ports used in getting the printed information from the computer to the printer. p470

A

Interface type

29
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A metallic roller called the what ______ inside an EP cartridge acquires a -600VDC charge called a bias voltage. p466

A

Developing roller

30
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What are the steps for the EP print process. p464

A 
processing
charging
exposing =writing
developing 
transferring 
fusing
cleaning

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