Printers Flashcards
Laser printers have advantages over other printers:
Laser printer can print from 10 to 100 pages per minute.
It prints at 600 dpi
What is the six step laser printing process?
- Cleaning
- Conditioning
- Writing
- Developing
- Transferring
- Fusing
Laser printers are considered to have :
The lowest cost per page.
The two types of inkjet printers are:
Thermal inkjet and Piezoelectric inkjet.
Thermal inkjets are the bulk of consumer inkjets.
Piezoelectric inkjets are the bulk of commercial inkjets.
What type of printer produces text and images by heating specially coated thermal paper?
Thermal printer
These are used in point of sale systems, gas stations, etc.
Thermal printers consist of the following parts:
Thermal head: This generates the heat and takes care of printing to the paper.
Platen: This is the rubber roller that feeds the paper past the print head.
Spring: Applies pressure to the print head, which brings the print head into contact with the paper.
Circuit board: Controls the mechanism that moves the print head.
What type of printer uses force to transfer ink to paper, for example, a print head striking a ribbon with paper directly behind it, similar to a typewriter?
Impact printer
What is a daisy wheel printer?
A printer that utilizes a wheel with many petals, each of which has a letter form at the tip of the petal.
What type of printer is also known as a line printer because it prints text one line at a time and can keep printing over a long roll of paper?
Dot matrix printer
How many pins are common to dot matrix printers that are near letter quality (NLQ)?
24 pins
What is a printer that is connected directly to a computer, normally by USB, or parallel connection?
Local printer
What is a printer that connects directly to the network or to a print server device and shared by more than one user?
Network printer
Which type of printer uses a photo electric drum?
A. Impact
B. Dot-Matrix
C. Laser
D. Inkjet
C. Laser
During which step of the laser printing process is the transfer corona wire involved?
A. Developing
B. Transferring
C. Fusing
D. Cleaning
B. Transferring
Which stage of the laser printing process involves extreme heat?
A. Fusing
B. Transferring
C. Exposing
D. Writing
A. Fusing
What is the most common type of consumer-based printer?
A. Thermal printer
B. Laser printer
C. Thermal inkjet
D. Impact printer
C. Thermal inkjet
What is the rubber roller that feeds the paper past the print head known as?
A. HVPS
B. Cartridge
C. Spring
D. Platen
D. Platen
What is a common amount of pins in a dot-matrix printer’s print head?
A. 40
B. 24
C. 8
D. 84
B. 24 pins
When installing printers focus on several things:
Compatibility
Installing printer drivers
Connecting the device: If connecting with USB or IEEE 1394, it can be connected without turning the computer off. If connecting with parallel, SCSI, or serial port, it requires the computer be shut down first.
Calibrating the printer
Testing the printer: Print a test page
To configure printers you can:
Double clicking the printer icon in the Devices and Printers window (Printers in Vista or Printers and Faxes in XP) and by accessing the Properties page. To manage it, right click the printer and select Printer Properties.
You can configure a printer priority by:
Accessing the Advanced to of a printer’s Properties page.
You can assign a priority of 1 to 99. With 99 being the highest priority.