Chapter 10 P. 447-459

Question 1

_________ electromechanical output devices that are used to put information from the computer onto paper. P. 447

Answer 1

Printers

Question 2

What is an impact printer? P.448

Answer 2

a printer that uses some form of impact and an inked ribbon to make an imprint on the paper.

Question 3

Impact printers also use a paper feed mechanism called a ___________. P. 448

Answer 3

Tractor Feed

Question 4

These impact printers contain a wheel with raised letters and symbols on each “petal”. P.448

Answer 4

daisy-wheel printer

Question 5

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. P.449

Answer 5

Dot-Matrix Printers

Question 6

The pins in the dot matrix’s print head are wrapped with coils of wire to create a ___________ P. 449

Answer 6

Solenoid

Question 7

NLQ P. 450

Answer 7

near letter quality

Question 8

Printers that use droplets of ink are sprayed onto a page and form patterns that resemble the items being printed. P. 450

Answer 8

Inkjet (Bubble-Jet)

Question 9

The printer parts can be divided into the what categories? P. 451

Answer 9

Print head/ink cartridge
Head carriage, belt, and stepper motor
Paper-feed mechanism
Control, interface, and power circuitry

Question 10

The ______________ contains a small suction pump and ink-absorbing pad. P. 451

Answer 10

maintenance station

Question 11

_____________is the component of a bubble-jet printer that moves back and forth during printing. P.451-452

Answer 11

print head carriage

Question 12

A Stepper Motor is what? P. 452

Answer 12

A precisely made electric motor that can move in the same very small increments each time it is activated.

Question 13

The motor that makes the print head carriage move is also often called_________. P. 452

Answer 13

carriage motor or carriage stepper

motor.

Question 14

The paper-feed mechanism does what? P. 454

Answer 14

picks up paper from the paper drawer and feeds it into the printer.

Question 15

How are you supposed to clean the pick up rollers? P. 455

Answer 15

picks up paper from the paper drawer and feeds it into the printer.

Question 16

These components tell the printer when it is out of paper as well as when a paper jam has occurred during the
paper-feed process. P. 455

Answer 16

paper-feed sensors

Question 17

_____________are usually on a small circuit board that contains all the circuitry to run the stepper motors the way the printer needs them to work. P. 457

Answer 17

The printer control circuits

Question 18

These conductive pathways convert 110V (in the United States) or 220V (in most of the rest of the world) from a standard wall outlet into the voltages the bubble-jet printer uses, usually 12V and 5V, and distribute those voltages to the other printer circuits and devices that need it. P. 457

Answer 18

power circuits.

Question 19

Laser printers and inkjet printers are referred to as…… P. 458

Answer 19

Page Printers

Question 20

Laser printers and inkjet printers are referred to as _____________ that contains toner and a photosensitive drum in one plastic case. P.459

Answer 20

EP toner cartridge