Chapter 10 Student 12 Flashcards
What are the three ways a printer could print wirelessly? Pg 471-472
Infrared, Bluetooth, and wifi.
This form of communication receives 8 data bits at a time over 8 separate wires, thus making it faster than Serial communications. Pg 471
Parallel
What does a computer need to communicate correctly to the printer? Pg 472
The computer needs some form of interface software.
What is the PDL? Pg 473
Page Description Language. It describes the whole page being printed by sending commands that describe the text and other settings
T or F, PCL was intended to be used for only inkjet printers, but now its role has been expanded to virtually every printer type. Pg 473
True
You install a printer and print your first page. You notice the page you printed looks like it doesn’t make sense. What would be the first thing to troubleshoot? Pg 474
Check the driver.
What happens if you select the wrong printer driver and print? Pg 475
The computer will send commands in the wrong language, thus printing out garbage.
The process by which a device is brought into functional specifications is called what? Pg 476
Calibration
Where are the printer properties located in Windows 7? Pg 477
Start, and then Devices and Printers
If you wanted to manage the print queue, where in the printer information and options window would you perform this task? Pg 478
Click on the See What’s Printing selection.
T or F, in the printers properties window, you can set up sharing the printer. Pg 479
True
T or F, in the Printing Preference window you can choose how to connect to the printer. Pg 479
False
What is the convention used to find a printer in the add printer wizard? Pg 480
\computer_name\share_name
Which tab are the users permissions managed through? 480
Security tab.
When a computer sends data via ___________, it sends one bit at a time, one after another. The communication parameters must be set before time on both sides to work correctly. Pg 471
Serial
Which tab in the printer properties window can you configure how the printer connects physically to the computer ? Pg 481
Ports tab
In this tab you can configure when the printer is available, change drivers, spool jobs, etc. Which tab is it? Pg 481
Advanced Tab.
What is the purpose of printing a test page? Pg 482
Testing the output
Even after printing an test page, why is it good to use other programs to print? Pg 482
It’s possible some non Windows programs may not be compatible with the printer driver.
