Printers and MFDs 3.6 Flashcards
what printer has printhead?
Inkjet printer
what printer has drum and toner cartridges
Laser printer
windows has the ability to detect a printer using plug and play
USB connection
Network cable that uses RJ45 port and supports DHCP
Ethernet connection
comes with either wifi or bluetooth
wireless connection
printer is connected to the access point
infrastructure mode
allows the printer to act as an access point
wifi direct mode
uses a wireless point to point connection from the printer to the computer
Bluetooth
a program that controls physical printers
printer
integrated into a printer and must have administrative rights to install printer drivers
Printer Driver
used to create a raster file from the printer commands that are sent by a software application
Page Description Language (PDL)
capable of being resized to any size
scalable font
size can be changed before printing
vector graphic
developed by HP and is closely tied to the features of different printer models
Printer Control Language (PCL)
created by Adobe and is designed to be device independent PDL
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