Printers Flashcards
What is an MFD
Multi function devices have capabilities of printers, scanners and other things depending on the model.
Name 4 types of printers
Thermal
Ink-jet
Laser
Impact
What is full-duplex printing?
Printing on both sides of the paper
How do inkjet printers work?
By moving a printhead from side to side on a rail. The printhead ejects tiny dropletts onto the paper.
Which printer uses electronically charged plates to direct the flow of ink coming from the ink fountain?
Ink-jet
What is DPI
Dots per inch. Measurement of clarity in printers.
What is PPM
Pages per minute
What is the full process for laser printers
Process / Queueing up the image in printer memory
Charge / Corona Transfer charges imaging drum
Exposure / Laser writes upon the imaging drum
Toning / Toner jumps to the lasered sections of the drum
Transfer / Paper is charged, passed beneath the tone-covered imaging drum. The toner on the drum jumps to the paper.
Fusing / Heat applied to the toner on the paper to make it stick
What does the erase lamp do in a laser printer
Clears the imaging drum of any charge, encouraging the remaining toner on it to disperse.
What can cause a memory overflow error?
Not enough RAM or too big of a print job
What is an ozone filter
Captures the Ozone in a printer. Needs to be vacuumed regularly.
What is OCR
optical character recognition
If you want a printer that’s always available, what is the solution for you?
A network printer.
What is the downside of a shared printer on a network (non-network computer)
If the computer attached to the printer is not on you cannot print
Where are print jobs stored
Print spooler
Random black spots show up on pages coming from a laser printer. What could be the issue?
The erase lamp not properly disengaging the toner from the imaging drum
How do Inkjet printers work
The ink within the ink fountains is boiled, causing the ink to shoot out of it. Electronic plates redirect the ink to the correct position.
What is the name of the position the carriage takes up when it’s not in use in an inkjet printer?
Maintenance position
What are the steps to installing a local printer
1) Plug printer into computer
2) OS recognizes it
3) Ez
What are the steps to installing a printer if windows can’t find it?
1) Plug it in
2) Install drivers and firmware from website
3) Add device
What are two places you can see your printing devices
1) Device manager
2) Devices and printers (control panel)
Where can you access the print queue?
Printers and scanners > Right click printer > Print Queue
How do you share a printer across your network?
Printers and scanners > Right click > Share > Set permissions
How do you add a printer connected to another pc on your network
Add device > Add shared printer > \computername
What is cloud printing?
Accessing and using a printer on another network
The office has a new network printer but it can’t see the router when searching for wifi. Wha happen?
The 802.11 wifi standards for the printer and router may not match
What are two things to check if someone says they have no printer connectivity?
Does anyone else have connectivity and if they don’t, check the cables.
No image on printer display issue?
Is it off? Is it asleep?
Paperjams frequently?
New paper pads
Memory overflow
Not enough RAM in the printer, or you could try reducing the resolution for print size
Garbled characters
Almost always a software issue. Mainly driver related or a corrupted file.
Vertical lines on paper
Likely laser printer - Debris on imaging drum. Replace Toner cartridge.
Wrong print colour
Drivers, Out of ink
Nothing on paper
Dead corona
Inkjet streaks
Clogged printhead
Faded prints
Laser - Likely out of toner
Ghost images on laser printers
Rubber pad not cleaning toner from imaging drum
