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Chapter 10 - Installing and Configuring Printers Flashcards

1
Q 
Which voltage is applied to the paper to transfer the toner to the paper in an EP process laser printer?
A. +600VDC
B. –600VDC
C. +6000VDC
D. –6000VDC
A

A. Because the toner on the drum has a slight negative charge (–100VDC), it requires a positive charge to transfer it to the paper; +600VDC is the voltage used in an EP process laser printer.

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Which types of printers are referred to as page printers because they receive their print job instructions one page at a time? (Choose two.)
A. Daisy wheel
B. Dot matrix
C. Bubble-jet
D. Laser
E. Thermal
A

C, D. A page printer is a type of computer printer that prints a page at a time. Common types of page printers are the laser printer and the inkjet (or bubble-jet) printer.

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Which of the following is not an advantage of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) printer interface?
A. It has a higher transfer rate than a serial connection.
B. It has a higher transfer rate than a parallel connection.
C. It automatically recognizes new devices.
D. It allows the printer to communicate with networks, servers, and workstations.

A

D. The rate of transfer and the ability to automatically recognize new devices are two of the major advantages that make USB the current most popular type of printer interface. However, it is the network printer interface that allows the printer to communicate with networks, servers, and workstations.

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Which type of printers can be used with multipart forms?
A. Bubble-jet printers
B. Laser printers
C. Thermal printers
D. Dot-matrix printers
A

D. Dot-matrix printers are impact printers and therefore can be used with multipart forms. Daisy wheel printers can be used with multipart forms as well.

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Which step in the EP print process uses a laser to discharge selected areas of the photosensitive drum, thus forming an image on the drum?
A. Writing
B. Transferring
C. Developing
D. Cleaning
A

A. The writing step uses a laser to discharge selected areas of the photosensitive drum, thus forming an image on the drum.

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Which of the following are page-description languages? (Choose two.)
A. Page Description Language (PDL)
B. PostScript
C. PageScript
D. Printer Control Language (PCL)
A

B, D. Of those listed, only PostScript and PCL are page-description languages. There is no PDL or PageScript.

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What voltage does the corona wire or corona roller hold?
A. +600VDC
B. –600VDC
C. 0VDC
D. –100VDC
A

A. For the toner (which has a charge of –600VDC) to be transferred from the print drum (which has a charge of –600VDC) to the paper, there must be a positive, or opposite, charge of greater difference to break the –600VDC charge from the drum.

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Which device in a bubble-jet printer contains the print head?
A. Toner cartridge
B. Ink cartridge
C. Daisy wheel
D. Paper tray
A

B. In a bubble-jet printer, the ink cartridge is the actual print head. This is where the ink is expelled to form letters or graphics. Toner cartridges are used by laser printers to store toner. A daisy wheel is the device that impacts the letters on the paper in a daisy-wheel printer. Paper trays are the storage bins in laser printers and bubble-jet printers that allow the pickup rollers to feed the paper into the printer.

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What is the correct order of the steps in the EP print process?
A. Developing, writing, transferring, fusing, charging, cleaning
B. Charging, writing, developing, transferring, fusing, cleaning
C. Transferring, writing, developing, charging, cleaning, fusing
D. Cleaning, charging, writing, developing, transferring, fusing

A

D. The correct sequence in the EP print process is cleaning, charging, writing, developing, transferring, and fusing.

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Any printer that uses the electrophotographic process contains how many standard assemblies?
A. Five
B. Six
C. Four
D. Nine
A

D. There are nine standard assemblies in an electrophotographic process printer. Early laser printers using the electrographic process contained nine standard assemblies. Newer laser printers do not require an ozone filter and contain only eight standard assemblies.

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What is typically included in the EP laser printer toner cartridge? (Choose three.)
A. Toner
B. Print drum
C. Laser
D. Cleaning blade
A

A, B, D. In an electrophotographic (EP) laser printer toner cartridge, the toner, print drum, and cleaning blade are all contained in the toner cartridge. The laser is usually contained within the printer, not within the toner cartridge.

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What happens during the developing stage of laser printing?
A. An electrostatic charge is applied to the drum to attract toner particles.
B. Heat is applied to the paper to melt the toner.
C. The laser creates an image of the page on the drum.
D. An electrostatic charge is applied to the paper to attract toner particles.

A

A. After a laser has created an image of the page, the developing roller uses a magnet and electrostatic charges to attract toner to itself and then transfers the toner to the areas on the drum that have been exposed to the laser. The toner is melted during the fusing stage. The laser creates an image of the page on the drum in the writing stage. An electrostatic charge is applied to the paper to attract toner in the transferring stage, which happens immediately after the developing stage.

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Which of the following are possible interfaces for printers? (Choose three.)
A. Parallel
B. PS/2
C. Serial
D. Network
A

A, C, D. Printers can communicate via parallel, serial, USB, infrared, wireless, and network connections.

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You have just installed a new printer. After it is installed, it prints only garbled text. Which of the following is likely the problem?
A. Wrong IP address
B. Worn print head
C. Incorrect print drivers
D. Unsupported printer
A

C. If a printer is using out-of-date or incorrect printer drivers, the printer may produce pages of garbled text. The solution is to ensure that the most recent printer drivers are downloaded from the manufacturer’s website.

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Which printer contains a wheel that looks like a flower with raised letters and symbols on each petal?
A. Bubble-jet printers
B. Daisy-wheel printer
C. Dot-matrix printer
D. Laser printer
A

B. The daisy-wheel printer gets its name because it contains a wheel with raised letters and symbols on each “petal.”

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16
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What part of a laser printer supplies the voltages for the charging and transfer corona
assemblies?
A. High-voltage power supply (HVPS)
B. DC power supply (DCPS)
C. Controller circuitry
D. Transfer corona
A

A. The high-voltage power supply is the part of the laser printer that supplies the voltages for the charging and transfer corona assemblies.

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Q 
Which printer part gets the toner from the photosensitive drum onto the paper?
A. Laser-scanning assembly
B. Fusing assembly
C. Corona assembly
D. Drum
A

C. The transfer corona assembly gets the toner from the photosensitive drum onto the paper. For some printers, this is a transfer corona wire, and for others, it is a transfer corona roller.

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Q 
Which step in the laser printer printing process occurs immediately after the writing phase?
A. Charging
B. Fusing
C. Transferring
D. Developing
A

D. Developing happens after writing. The correct order is cleaning, charging, writing, developing, transferring, and fusing.

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Q 
Which assembly permanently presses the toner into the paper?
A. Transfer corona
B. Fuser
C. Printer controller circuitry
D. Paper transport assembly
A

B. The fuser assembly presses and melts the toner into the paper. The transfer corona
transfers the toner from the drum to the paper. The printer controller circuitry converts signals from the PC into signals for the various printer assemblies. The paper transport assembly controls the movement of the paper through the printer.

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Which of the following most accurately describes how to obtain a firmware upgrade for your laser printer?
A. Download the firmware upgrade for free from the manufacturer’s website.
B. Pay to download the firmware upgrade from the manufacturer’s website.
C. Have a certified laser printer technician come to your site and install a new firmware chip.
D. Contact the manufacturer of the printer, and they will send you the firmware upgrade on a CD.

A

A. Firmware upgrades for laser printers are downloaded for free from the manufacturer’s website. A technician does not need to install a new chip because firmware is upgraded via software. It’s unlikely that the manufacturer will send you the upgrade on a CD; it will refer you to its website to download it.

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