printers/scanners Flashcards
Which part of a laser printer applies a positive charge to the paper that attracts the toner particles to it?
Erase lamp.
Transfer corona.
Laser.
Primary corona.
Transfer corona.
What mechanism is used by most inkjet printers to push ink onto the paper?
Air pressure.
Electroconductive plates.
Electrostatic discharge.
Electroconductive plates.
Which of these is not a relevant factor in evaluating a scanner’s quality?
Digital resolution.
Optical resolution.
Digital resolution.
Your laser printer fails to print your print jobs and instead displays a MEM OVERFLOW error. What can you do to rectify the problem?
Install more RAM in the printer.
Install more RAM in the PC.
Upgrade the RIP.
Replace the printer.
Install more RAM in the printer.
What is the proper order of the laser printing process?
Process, charge, expose, develop, transfer, fuse, and clean.
Process, clean, charge, expose, develop, transfer, and fuse.
Clean, expose, develop, transfer, process, fuse, and charge.
Clean, charge, expose, process, develop, fuse, and transfer.
Process, charge, expose, develop, transfer, fuse, and clean.
Janet just bought a new Windows system. She wants to install her three-year-old inkjet printer on the new system but has lost the driver disc. She can’t get on the Internet to download the latest drivers. What should she do for drivers?
Install a driver for a similar printer.
She’s stuck until she can get on the Internet.
She can use the Windows built-in drivers.
Install a driver for a similar printer.
John just installed a second printer on his system. When he prints in Microsoft Word, the job goes to the wrong printer. What does he need to do to get print jobs always to go to one printer or the other?
He needs to set the primary printer.
He needs to set the main printer.
He needs to set the default printer.
He needs to set the system printer.
He needs to set the default printer.
Frank’s color ink jet printer no longer prints the color yellow, though it prints all the other colors just fine. The printer worked fine last month, the last time he printed in color. Which of the following is the most likely problem?
He turned off the yellow nozzle.
He has run out of yellow ink.
He has a corrupt printer driver.
His printer is set to monochrome mode.
He has run out of yellow ink.
Beth’s laser printer is printing tiny specks on the paper. What should she do first?
Wipe the paper with bleach.
Run the printer-maintenance program.
Clean the nozzles.
Vacuum the printer.
Vacuum the printer.
Ursula’s laser printer has stopped working and is displaying this error message: Error 81 – Service. What should she do first?
Update the printer’s firmware.
Reinstall the printer driver.
Try to find the error in the user’s guide or maintenance program or online.
Turn off the printer, and call the manufacturer’s help line.
Try to find the error in the user’s guide or maintenance program or online.
