Chapter 4 - Printers and Multifunction Devices Flashcards
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. 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.
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. Inkjet
D. Laser
E. Thermal
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 inkjet printer and the laser printer.
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.
D. The rate of transfer and the ability to recognize new devices automatically are two of the major advantages that currently make USB the most popular type of printer interface. However, it is the network printer interface that allows the printer to communicate with networks, servers, and workstations.
You have a finance manager who needs to print contracts in triplicate. Which type of printers are best for printing on multipart forms?
A. Inkjet printers
B. Laser printers
C. Thermal printers
D. Dot-matrix printers
D. Dot-matrix printers are impact printers and therefore are the best for multipart forms. Daisy-wheel printers can be used with multipart forms as well.
Which step in the EP imaging process uses a laser to discharge selected areas of the photosensitive drum, thus forming an image on the drum?
A. Exposing
B. Transferring
C. Developing
D. Cleaning
A. The exposing step uses a laser to discharge selected areas of the photosensitive drum, thus forming an image on the drum.
Which of the following is fed through an extruder on a 3D printer to create objects?
A. Resin
B. Dye
C. Filament
D. Extrusion powder
C. 3D printers use filament or resin to create objects. Printers that have an extruder use filament, which is often plastic but can contain metals, too. 3D printers do not use dye. There is no extrusion powder.
Recently, employees have been printing off unauthorized materials that may contain hate speech. Which of the following can be used to see which users printed specific jobs?
A. Audit Logs
B. Badging
C. User Authentication
D. Secured Prints
A. Audit logs will track print jobs and the users who printed them. User authentication is where a user is required to log into the printer. This can be done via badging – or swiping an employee badge on a badge reader on the printer–or by manually entering credentials. Secured prints is when a print job is held until a user authenticates at the printer and tells it to start printing.
Which device in an inkjet printer contains the print head?
A. Toner cartridge
B. Ink cartridge
C. Daisy Wheel
D. Paper Tray
B. In an inkjet 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 inkjet printers that allow the pickup rollers to feed the paper into the printer.
What is the correct order of the steps in the EP imaging process?
A. Developing, Exposing, Transferring, Fusing, Charging, Cleaning, Processing
B. Charging, Processing, Exposing, Developing, Transferring, Fusing, Cleaning
C. Processing, Transferring, Exposing, Developing, Charging, Cleaning, Fusing
D. Processing, Charging, Exposing, Developing, Transferring, Fusing, Cleaning
D. The correct sequence in the EP imaging process is processing, charging, exposing, developing, transferring, fusing, and cleaning.
The network administrator has set up security on office MFDs that requires users to authenticate before printing. Which of the following are valid methods for users to authenticate to the MFD? (Choose two.)
A. Use an authentication log
B. Enable secured print
C. Type their username and password on the MFD’s touchscreen
D. Use SMB
E. Use their company ID for badging
C,E. Two ways for users to authenticate are to use user authentication (which requires typing in the username and password) or badging, which requires the MFD to have a badge-scanning feature. Secured print will save print jobs until they are ready to be released. SMB is a file and print-sharing protocol used by MFDs to send scanned documents to shared network folder. There are no printer authentication logs, but audit logs may be used to see who has used the MFD.
What is typically included in the EP laser printer toner cartridge? (Choose three.)
A. Toner
B. Print Drum
C. Laser
D. Cleaning Blade
A,B,D. An electrophotographic (EP) laser printer toner cartridge includes the toner, print drum, and cleaning blade. The laser is usually contained within the printer, not within the toner cartridge.
What happens during the developing stage of laser printing?
A. An electrosatic 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. 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 exposing stage. An electrostatic charge is applied to the paper to attract toner in the transferring stage, which happens immediately after the developing stage.
Which of the following are possible interfaces for printers? (Choose three.)
A. Parallel
B. SATA
C. USB
D. Network
A,C,D. Printers can communicate via parallel, serial, USB, wireless, and network connections. SATA is a bus interface that connects host bus adapters to storage devices such as hard drives and optical drives.
You have just installed a new printer, but it prints only garbled text. Which of the following is likely the problem?
A. Wrong IP address
B. Worn print head
C. Incorrect Printer Drivers
D. Unsupported Printer
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 drives are downloaded from the manufacturer’s website.
Which printer contains a wheel that looks like a flower with raised letters and symbols on each “petal”?
A. Inkjet printer
B. Daisy-wheel printer
C. Dot-matrix printer
D. Laser printer
B. The daisy-wheel printer gets its name because it contains a wheel with raised letters and symbols on each “petal.”
