Manage Printers and Scanners

Question 1

Which Apple technology helps you find printers and print without downloading or installing printer
drivers?

Answer 1

AirPrint.

Question 2

What does the CUPS do?

Answer 2

CUPS manages printing for macOS Mojave, including local and shared printing.

Question 3

How can you select a new printer driver for a configured printer?

Answer 3

It depends on the printer. From Printing & Scanning preferences, sometimes you can select a new
printer driver from the Options & Supplies dialog. In many cases, to select a new printer driver for a
configured printer, you must delete and then add the printer again.

Question 4

Which two actions might you need to take to find and connect a Windows-based computer to your
CUPS-shared print service?

Answer 4

The CUPS-shared print service allows network clients to locate your shared printer configurations using
Bonjour. However, different versions of Windows might require you to add additional drivers. Network
clients can also enter your Mac computer’s IP address or DNS host name to access your Mac shared
print service.

Question 5

Under what circumstances can a standard (nonadministrative) user configure a printer?

Answer 5

Assuming the default settings for macOS Mojave, a standard user can configure only directly attached
or local network printers from the Print dialog. Also, the appropriate drivers must be installed before the
standard user configures the printer.

Question 6

How do you share printers with other users?

Answer 6

You can enable printer sharing from Print & Scan or Sharing preferences.

Question 7

How does sleep mode affect users’ access to shared print services?

Answer 7

Users cannot access shared print services on a Mac in sleep mode. To ensure that sleep mode does not
interfere with shared printing, you can either disable your Mac computer’s automatic sleep activation or
enable “Wake for Wi-Fi network access” from Energy Saver preferences.

Question 8

How do you create a PDF document?

Answer 8

In any Print dialog, click the PDF button. You can then choose one of the options in the pop-up PDF
menu to save or send the new PDF file.

Question 9

What are the three ways you can access a printer queue app?

Answer 9

If a printer queue is open, you can click its icon in the Dock. If the printer queue disappears from the
Dock before you can click it, you can open Printers & Scanners preferences, select the queue on the left, and click Open Printer queue. You can also manually open a printer queue from the Finder by
navigating to ~/Library/Printers, and then double-clicking a printer.

Question 10

What’s a potential quick fix if it appears that a configured printer has a problem?

Answer 10

If your printers are having problems, you can reset the printing system by Control-clicking in the printer
list and then choosing “Reset printing system.”