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Printers Flashcards

1
Q

Printers

A laser printer hits this drum to create an image

A

Photosensitive

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2
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Printer

Laser printer maintenance means replacing

A

toner cartridge and applying maintenance kits

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3
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Printer

Step 1 in printing process

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Processing

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4
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Printer

Step 2 in printing process

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Charging

Primary corona puts really strong negative charge

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5
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Printer

Step 3 in printing process

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Exposing

Laser comes in and writes onto the photosensitive and actually reduces the charge where the light hits

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6
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Printer

Step 4 in printing process

white rabbit

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Developing

Where the toner comes out of the toner hopper and hits onto the photosensitive drum

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7
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Printer

Step 5 in printing process

Corona with Lime

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Transferring

Transfer corona charges the paper with very strong positive charge

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8
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Printer

Step 6 in printing process

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Fusing

Fusing assembly uses heat and pressure to press the toner

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9
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Printer

Step 7 in printing process

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Cleaning

Big rubber scraper thing that scrapes off any residual toner

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10
Q

Printer

Printers that use heat or a mechanical process to push ink through the print heads to the paper

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Inkjet

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11
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Printer

Device that include printers, scanners, copiers and fax machines.

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Multifunction devices (MFD)

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12
Q

Printer

Injket maintenance means running

A

cleaning routines for the nozzles and doing some calibration.

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13
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Printer

Strike an ink ribbon to write to paper

A

Impact Printer

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14
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Printer

Impact printer are very useful for printing on

A

multipart forms

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15
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Printer

Maintenance for an impact printer includes

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replacing the ribbon and keeping it clean

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16
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Printer

These printers heat special paper to create printouts

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Thermal Printers

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17
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Printer

Thermal printers can print to multipart

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Thermal forms

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18
Q

Printer

Maintenance with thermal printers includes

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frequent paper changes
–and–
keeping the heating element clean

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19
Q

Printer

If you run into a question where you cant delete print jobs

A

you don’t have enough power - you need to be a power user or admin

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20
Q

Printer

Installing a printer locally means connection to workstation via

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USB
–or rarely–
Serial

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21
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Printer

In order for OSs to work with printers you need

A

Device drivers

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22
Q

Printer

Enables multiple print jobs to queue

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Print spooler

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23
Q

Printer

Sharing enabled and a share name required

A

To share local printer over a network

24
Q

Printer

Enable local control over the print spooler

A

Security options

25
Q

Printer

To connect to a shared printer

A

Add a printer
–and–
select the \shared\ printer rather than a local printer

26
Q

Printer

Has an Ethernet NIC and plugs in directly to the network

A

Wired network printer

27
Q

Printer

Wireless network printer requires configuration to get on an

A

802.11 network

28
Q

Printer

Can help to troubleshoot any connectivity problems

A

Wireless print utilities

29
Q

Printer

Enables mobile devices to print to a printer associated with an online account, such as a Google account

A

Cloud printing

30
Q

Printers - TS

Unable to install printer

A

You don’t have rights to do it

31
Q

Printers - TS

No connectivity

A

DHCP issue

may be a symptom of underlying network issue

32
Q

Printer - TS

Printer mental reinstall

A

Set up printer

make sure it shows up in device manager

print a test page

33
Q

Printer - TS

Access denied

A

you need rights

34
Q

Printer - TS

No image on printer display

A

Is it in sleep mode or admin mode?
–

35
Q

Printer - TS

Paper not feeding
Paper jam

A

Problem with pickup rollers or separate pads

they wear out - get new ones - check maintenance kit

36
Q

Printer - TS

A great enemy of printer paper

37
Q

Printer - TS

Low memory errors

A

Laser printers

reduce res

buy more ram

38
Q

Printer - TS

Error code

A

PC load letter (your out of paper)

39
Q

Printer - TS

Garbled characters on paper

A

Bad or corrupted drivers

40
Q

Printer - TS

Vertical lines on page

A

Laser printers -

Foreign matter on optically sensitive roller

Yank the printer cartridge and throw it in the garbage

41
Q

Printer - TS

Color prints in the wrong print color

A

One of the colors is low or non-existent and you

42
Q

Printer - TS

Print blank pages

A

Laser printer where primary corona is dead

43
Q

Printer - TS

Streaks

A

Inkjet - go into maintenance mode and start cleaning

44
Q

Printer - TS

Faded prints

A

replace ribbon impact ribbon

45
Q

Printer - TS

Ghost Images

A

Laser printers

Clean or replace the rubber piece or replace the toner

46
Q

Printer - TS

Toner not fused to paper

A

Something wrong with fuser assembly - easily replaceable

47
Q

Printer - TS

Creased paper

A

your pick up is worn out

put a maintenance kit on it

48
Q

Printer

Inability to install a printer can reflect an

A

unshared or missing printer

49
Q

Printer

Lack of connectivity

A

physical cables, print server disabled, device drivers, wireless config problems

50
Q

Printer -

Melt some material (such as forms of plastic) in a pattern to create 3D shapes

A

3D Printer

51
Q

Printer

3D printers create 3D images using

A

Specialized Software

52
Q

Printer

The 3D printing process requires preheating the various print elements

A 
Filament
--
Extruder
--
Bed
53
Q

Printer - Quiz

What material do laser printers use to create the final printed image

54
Q

Printer - Quiz

Which letters represent the ink colors normally used in color inkjet printers

A

CYMK

Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Black

55
Q

Printer - Quiz

Fusers are NOT part of

A

thermal printers

56
Q

Printer - Quiz

A shared printer cannot be accessed by creating a

A

local printer

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