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Printers Flashcards

1
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Give two examples of computer languages that describe the appearance of a printed page

A
  • PS - PostScript
  • PCL - Printer Control Language
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What solution would ensure the highest availability of the network printing service?

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Print Server

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3
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What MFD/MFP feature optimizes processing of multi-page documents?

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Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

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4
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What are 4 common types of printers?

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  • Impact
  • Inkjet
  • Laser
  • Thermal
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5
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The Laser Printing process consists of 7 steps.

What are they and what do they do?

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  1. Processing - Recevies and creates image
  2. Charging - Charge is applied to the Drum
  3. Exposing - Laser zaps drum to form image
  4. Developing - Toner is attached to the drum
  5. Transferring - Toner is transferred from drum to paper
  6. Fusing - Toner is melted onto paper
  7. Cleaning - Excess toner is cleaned off the drum
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What are 6 common types of Printer interfaces

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  • Serial
  • Parallel
  • USB
  • Ethernet
  • Wireless
  • Print Sharing / Print Server
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7
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What does the term “Printer Maintenance” mean?

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The ability for the printer to maintain itself. This can be automatically scheduled or ran manual via Printer Settings

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8
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What are two items that can be included in a “Printer Maintenance Kit”?

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  • Separation Pads
  • Pickup Rollers
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9
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In laser printing, vertical lines on each output page indicate a problem related to:

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Imaging Drum going bad

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10
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What 2 troubleshooting steps would solve the problem of vertical lines on the output pages of an inkjet printer?

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  • Cleaning print heads
  • Replacing ink cartridges
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11
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Faded printouts on the output of an inkjet printer indicate a problem related to

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  • Dried out ink on print head nozzles
  • Depleted/Empty ink cartridge
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12
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Examples of printer problems that might be closely related to malfunctioning pickup rollers include

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  • Paper not feeding
  • Multipage misfeed
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13
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A nonresponsive printer with multiple prints pending in queue can be solved by

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Restarting the Print Spooler

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Inkjet Printer - The problem of speckling (tiny dots/spots) on the printer’s output pages can be caused by

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Leaky cartridges and/or accumulation of debris inside the printer case

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15
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Which step of the laser printer imaging process requires troubleshooting when a printer produces double/echo images (a.k.a. ghost images) on the output pages?

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Cleaning

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16
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What are 3 actions that would be of help while troubleshooting incorrect color settings on the printer’s output pages?

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  • Calibrating display
  • Using appropriate paper
  • Calibrating the Printer
17
Q

What are 2 Personal Safety concerns when working with printers?

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  • Inhaling printer substances can be harmful, CompTIA recommends using masks
  • Laser Printers can get very hot, always allow for cooling time or unplug from power
18
Q

What are 4 possible printer upgrades?

A
  • Hard Drives
  • Expansion Cards
  • Firmware
  • Newer OS
19
Q

A Laser Printer is printing documents with smears, what is a possible issue?

A

Fuser Assembly may need replacement

20
Q

A Laser Printer is making noise when printing documents. In addition, at times pages get stuck together. What is a possible issue?

A

Rollers or Separation Pads may be faulty. Maintenance Kit may be required.

21
Q

Paper Jam is found. What do you do?

A
  1. Unplug Printer
  2. Remove paper jam
22
Q

The most common problems in Inkjet Printers are related to

A

Ink Cartridges

23
Q

A Laser Printer is printing blank documents.

What are 2 possible reasons?

A
  • Toner is out
  • Bad Corona Assembly
24
Q

A Laser Printer is printing all black documents.

What is a possible reason?

A
  • Bad Drum
25
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A Laser Printer is printing documents with Smudging.

What is a possible reason?

A
  • Corona Assembly worn out

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