Printers and MFDs

Question 1

What should you check before starting the unboxing process?

Answer 1

The manufacturer’s instructions

Question 2

What extra pieces might you find during the unboxing of a printer?

Answer 2

Cables, documentation, or driver disks

Question 3

What is a printhead associated with?

Answer 3

Inkjet printer

Question 4

What are drum and toner cartridges used for?

Answer 4

Laser printer

Question 5

What can cause condensation and moisture inside the printer?

Answer 5

Hot temperature

Question 6

Where should a printer be located?

Answer 6

Well-ventilated and convenient location

Question 7

What is a print queuing system?

Answer 7

A system that manages print jobs in order

Question 8

What type of connection is USB?

Answer 8

Found in a home environment

Question 9

What operating system feature detects a printer using plug and play?

Answer 9

Windows

Question 10

What does an Ethernet connection use?

Answer 10

Network cable with an RJ45 port

Question 11

What does a printer with Ethernet capability support?

Answer 11

DHCP

Question 12

What are the two modes of wireless connection for printers?

Answer 12

• Infrastructure Mode
• Wi-Fi Direct Mode

Question 13

How does Wi-Fi Direct Mode function?

Answer 13

Allows the printer to act as an access point

Question 14

What type of connection does Bluetooth use?

Answer 14

Wireless point-to-point connection

Question 15

What is a printer driver?

Answer 15

Program that controls physical printers

Question 16

What must you have to install print drivers?

Answer 16

Administrative rights

Question 17

How do you access printer settings in Windows 11?

Answer 17

Start > Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners

Question 18

What is the Page Description Language (PDL) used for?

Answer 18

To create a raster file from print commands

Question 19

What is a scalable font?

Answer 19

Capable of being resized to any size

Question 20

What is a vector graphic?

Answer 20

Size can be changed before printing

Question 21

What happens to bitmap images when resized?

Answer 21

They become distorted

Question 22

What is the quality of vector images when resized?

Answer 22

They remain clear

Question 23

What is Printer Control Language (PCL)?

Answer 23

Developed by HP and tied to different printer models

Question 24

What is Postscript?

Answer 24

Device-independent PDL created by Adobe

Question 25

What does XML Paper Specification (XPS) refer to?

Answer 25

Microsoft’s page description language

Question 26

What is the Portable Document Format (PDF)?

Answer 26

Created by Adobe to maintain a file’s original look

Question 27

What are the two generic formats for printers?

Answer 27

* PCL * Postscript

Question 28

What are virtual printers?

Answer 28

* XPS * PDF

Question 29

What is a print server?

Answer 29

Manages print requests and printer queue status

Question 30

What is the advantage of a centralized print server?

Answer 30

Allows remote control and troubleshooting of devices

Question 31

What is the maximum number of servers suitable for small and home offices?

Answer 31

Up to fifty servers

Question 32

What is Microsoft Management Console (MMC) used for?

Answer 32

To share network printers and centralize print servers

Question 33

What does a print spooler do?

Answer 33

Helps manage print jobs in Windows OS

Question 34

What is user authentication in print devices?

Answer 34

Requires a log in with a username or password

Question 35

What does an audit log record?

Answer 35

Jobs sent and printed on a device

Question 36

What is secured print?

Answer 36

Device held until user’s authentication

Question 37

What does scanning allow a printer to do?

Answer 37

Function as a copy machine or scanner

Question 38

What is a scanner?

Answer 38

Digital imaging device

Question 39

What does Optical Character Recognition (OCR) do?

Answer 39

Converts scanned text into digital documents