Section 19 OBJ 3.6: Printers and MFDs

Question 1

Printer Connectivity

Answer 1

USB
Ethernet
Wireless (WiFi or Bluetooth)

Question 2

Printer

Answer 2

In modern OSes, printers are not the physical devices. Its a program controlling one or more printers

Question 3

Print Drivers

Answer 3

Integrated into a printer

Question 4

Page Description Language (PDL)

Answer 4

Used to create a raster file from the print commands that are sent by a software application

Question 5

CYMK

Answer 5

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Question 6

Printer Control Language (PCL)

Answer 6

Developed by HP and is closely tied to the features of different printer models

Question 7

PostScript

Answer 7

Created by Adobe and is designed to be a device independent PDL

Question 8

XML Paper Specification (XPS)

Answer 8

Microsoft’s page description language (PDL)

Question 9

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Answer 9

Created by Adobe which keeps a file’s original look when viewed or printed on different systems

Question 10

Print Server

Answer 10

Software Application or hardware device that manages print requests and printer queue status information

Question 11

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

Answer 11

Allows to share network printers and centralizes the print server from the centralized server

Question 12

Printer Share

Answer 12

Allows to connect a printer via USB or Bluetooth

Question 13

Print Spooler

Answer 13

Service built into Windows OS and exists to help print jobs

Question 14

Audit Log

Answer 14

Record of jobs that have been sent and printed on a particular device

Question 15

Secured Print

Answer 15

Device held on the printer until the user’s authentication