Chapter 5

Question 1

Inkjet Printer

Answer 1

Uses ink-filled cartridges. Nozzles are prone to clogging. They have an initial low cost.

Question 2

Laser Printer

Answer 2

*The main star for the exam. The main material used to print is toner. Have high resolution and has a high page per minute rate.

Question 3

Process of laser printing

Answer 3

Processing- Doing nothing. The computer is sending info to the printer
Charging-Your printer needs to charge. A charging wire negatively charges the drum
Exposing- On the same surface of the drum, the laser will draw directly on it
Developing-Uses a substance called toner and it gets put on top of laser image
Transferring-Toner is transferred to piece of paper. At this step here is powder onto piece of paper
Fusing- A fuser heats up the toner and it melts it onto the paper
Cleaning-Wipes the drum clean of any toner

Question 4

Laser printing process anagram

Answer 4

Please-Processing
Come- Charging
Every- Exposing
Dang-Developing 
Time- Transferring
For-Fusing 
Class-Cleaning

Question 5

Thermal Printer

Answer 5

Uses heat to print. Uses thermal paper. Most commonly used to print receipts and shipping information. Over time, contents on thermal paper will fade. Have longer life due to no moving parts.

Question 6

Impact Printer

Answer 6

Have printheads that strike an inked ribbon causing characters to be imprinted on the paper. Uses ink and carbon copy paper. (Similar concept like a typewriter)

2 types: Daisy wheel, Dot-matrix

Question 7

3D Printer

Answer 7

Uses filament. Manufactures 3-dimensional objects from a digital file.

Question 8

Virtual

Answer 8

Not a real printer. You are sending information into a file that is going to be stored inside your computer.

Question 9

Print Queue

Answer 9

The list that contains the information of what is currently being printed

Question 10

Print Spooler

Answer 10

The service which allows for the print queue to store print job information (*Are things that are working in the background of the computer. The thing that allows you to interact with your printer at all.

Question 11

Print server

Answer 11

Where the printer is connected to the network. Great for large networks. Cloud printing is a simpler way to manage print jobs.