Printers and MFDs

Question 1

kensington lock

Answer 1

metal braided cable into small port on side of device, locking it in place

Question 2

SODIMM

Answer 2

laptop and integrated PC memory
- smaller footprint
- additional RAM

Question 3

ribbon cable

Answer 3

cable with wires that run parallel on a flat plane down length of cable
- used to connect internal components in laptop to save space

Question 4

PDL (page description language)

Answer 4

create raster file from print commands

Question 5

OCR (optical character recognition)

Answer 5

converts scanned text into digital documents that can be manipulated

Question 6

bonjour

Answer 6

apple zero-config networking protocol to enable devices connected to LAN to discover and connect automatically

Question 7

image drum

Answer 7

main component that creates image on paper

Question 8

fuser assembly

Answer 8

heats up and melts toner onto page to adhere properly

Question 9

transfer belt

Answer 9

combines 4 colors before printing to paper in one pass

Question 10

pickup roller

Answer 10

used to pick up paper one at a time

Question 11

duplexing assembly

Answer 11

moves paper from front to back

Question 12

EP printing process

Answer 12

1. processing
2. charging
3. exposing
4. developing
5. transferring
6. fusing
7. cleaning

Question 13

processing

Answer 13

print driver to translate what’s on screen

Question 14

charging

Answer 14

imaging drum conditioned with primary charge roller

Question 15

exposing

Answer 15

surface coding of drum loses its charge when exposed to light

Question 16

transferring

Answer 16

move paper from imaging drum

Question 17

3d printer

Answer 17

• use a filament to create objects printed

Question 18

transfer roller

Answer 18

component in laser printer that applies electric charge to paper to attract toner from photoconductor during imaging process