Printers in Windows

Question 1

Where do you go if Windows fails to automatically install a printer? Start in Control Panel.

Answer 1

Devices and Printers

Question 2

Where do you go if Windows fails to automatically install a printer? Start in Settings > Devices in Windows 10.

Answer 2

Printers and scanners

Question 3

If you’re not an administrator, can you install printer drivers from discs or from programs downloaded on the internet?

Answer 3

Yes, but you need to give non-administrators that privilege in Group Policies

Question 4

Assume Windows 7 does not automatically detect a standalone network printer. To fix the problem, fill in the missing step: Add a printer > create a new port drop down box > standard TCP/IP port > ____.

Answer 4

Type in IP address

Question 5

If Windows 8/10 does not automatically detect a standalone network printer, what do you do? Start in Add a printer > click The printer I want isn’t listed.

Answer 5

Add a printer using TCP/IP

Question 6

How can you configure a network printer manually when you’re on a workgroup? Pick 2.
A) Use active directory
B) Browse for a printer on the network
C) Connect to a specific printer using its name or URL

Answer 6

B and C

Question 7

Does the latest version of Windows 10 support HomeGroup?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

Let’s say a printer is connected to a SOHO router via ethernet. One person connects to that printer using an IP address. Can that person share the printer with others on the network?

Answer 8

Yes.

Question 9

What is it called when a printer does not use its own proprietary driver?

Answer 9

printer emulation

Question 10

Let’s say you’re a technician and you spend a lot of time testing/fixing printers. What’s a savvy way to avoid the “I don’t have the right driver!” scenario?

Answer 10

Download a few different versatile printer drivers so that, cumulatively, you can print to any driver in existence

Question 11

What is an MFD printer?

Answer 11

Multi-function printer

Question 12

Assume you have a large SOHO with 30 users. There are a few printers and you want to limit access to some of them. What’s a good way to do that? Choose all that apply.
A) Share the printers to each workstation
B) Use Windows group policy to map the printers
C) Use Active Directory domain logon scripts to map the printers

Answer 12

B or C

Question 13

How can you configure a network printer manually when you’re on a workgroup? Pick the correct one.
A) Use a TCP/IP address or hostname
B) Download software from a vendor

Answer 13

A

Question 14

Are printers one of the easier devices to attack on a network?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

Printers can have caches or hard drives that store previously printed material. Why is this a problem?

Answer 15

Printers are notoriously easy to breach.

Question 16

What can you do to make printers more secure? Pick two.

Answer 16

A) Make users authenticate at the printer itself before their document prints
B) Set the printer to regularly purge its hard drive
C) Make sure the hard drive is always full