SG: Ch 5: Installing and Configuring Printers Flashcards
What happens during the developing stage of laser printing?
A. An electrostatic charge is applied to the drum to attract toner particles.
B. Heat is applied to the paper to melt the toner.
C. The laser creates an image of the page on the drum.
D. An electrostatic charge is applied to the paper to attract toner particles.
A. An electrostatic charge is applied to the drum to attract toner particles.
After a laser has created an image of the page, the developing roller uses a magnet and electrostatic charges to attract toner to itself and then transfers the toner to the areas on the drum that have been exposed to the laser. The toner is melted during the fusing stage. The laser creates an image of the page on the drum in the exposing stage. An electrostatic charge is applied to the paper to attract toner in the transferring stage, which happens immediately after the developing stage.
Which printer part gets the toner from the photosensitive drum onto the paper?
A. Laser-scanning assembly
B. Fusing assembly
C. Corona assembly
D. Drum
C. Corona assembly
The transfer corona assembly gets the toner from the photosensitive drum onto the paper. For some printers, this is a transfer corona wire; for other printers, it is a transfer corona roller.
Most printers that use the electrophotographic process contain how many standard assemblies?
A. Five
B. Six
C. Four
D. Nine
D. Nine
There are nine standard assemblies in an electrophotographic process printer. Early laser printers using the electrographic process contained the nine standard assemblies. Newer laser printers do not require an ozone filter and contain only eight standard assemblies.
Which printer contains a wheel that looks like a flower with raised letters and symbols on each “petal”?
A. Inkjet printer
B. Daisy-wheel printer
C. Dot-matrix printer
D. Laser printer
B. Daisy-wheel printer
The daisy-wheel printer gets its name because it contains a wheel with raised letters and symbols on each “petal.”
Which types of printers are referred to as page printers because they receive their print job instructions one page at a time? (Choose two.)
A. Daisy-wheel
B. Dot-matrix
C. Inkjet
D. Laser
E. Thermal
C. Inkjet
D. Laser
A page printer is a type of computer printer that prints a page at a time. Common types of page printers are the laser printer and the inkjet printer.
You have just installed a new printer, but it prints only garbled text. Which of the following is likely the problem?
A. Wrong IP address
B. Worn print head
C. Incorrect printer drivers
D. Unsupported printer
C. Incorrect printer drivers
If a printer is using out-of-date or incorrect printer drivers, the printer may produce pages of garbled text. The solution is to ensure that the most recent printer drivers are downloaded from the manufacturer’s website.
Which step in the laser printer printing process occurs immediately after the exposing phase?
A. Charging
B. Fusing
C. Transferring
D. Developing
D. Developing
Developing happens after exposing. The correct order is processing, charging, exposing, developing, transferring, fusing, and cleaning.
What voltage does the corona wire or corona roller hold?
A. +600VDC
B. –600VDC
C. 0VDC
D. –100VDC
A. +600VDC
For the toner (which has a charge of –600VDC) to be transferred from the print drum (which has a charge of –600VDC) to the paper, there must be a positive, or opposite, charge of greater difference to break the –600VDC charge from the drum.
Which device in an inkjet printer contains the print head?
A. Toner cartridge
B. Ink cartridge
C. Daisy wheel
D. Paper tray
B. Ink cartridge
In an inkjet printer, the ink cartridge is the actual print head. This is where the ink is expelled to form letters or graphics. Toner cartridges are used by laser printers to store toner. A daisy wheel is the device that impacts the letters on the paper in a daisy-wheel printer. Paper trays are the storage bins in laser printers and inkjet printers that allow the pickup rollers to feed the paper into the printer.
What part of a laser printer supplies the voltages for charging and transferring corona assemblies?
A. High-voltage power supply (HVPS)
B. DC power supply (DCPS)
C. Controller circuitry
D. Transfer corona
A. High-voltage power supply (HVPS)
The high-voltage power supply (HVPS) is the part of the laser printer that supplies the voltages for charging and transferring corona assemblies.
Which of the following is fed through an extruder on a 3D printer to create objects?
A. Plastic
B. Metal
C. Filament
D. Extrusion powder
C. Filament
3D printers use filament to create objects. Filament is often plastic, but it can contain metals too. There is no extrusion powder.
Which laser printer component permanently presses the toner into the paper?
A. Transfer corona
B. Fuser assembly
C. Printer controller circuitry
D. Paper transport assembly
B. Fuser assembly
The fuser assembly presses and melts the toner into the paper. The transfer corona transfers the toner from the drum to the paper. The printer controller circuitry converts signals from the PC into signals for the various printer assemblies. The paper transport assembly controls the movement of the paper through the printer.
Which type of printers can be used with multipart forms?
A. Inkjet printers
B. Laser printers
C. Thermal printers
D. Dot-matrix printers
D. Dot-matrix printers
Dot-matrix printers are impact printers and therefore can be used with multipart forms. Daisy-wheel printers can be used with multipart forms as well.
Which voltage is applied to the paper to transfer the toner to the paper in an EP process laser printer?
A. +600VDC
B. –600VDC
C. +6000VDC
D. –6000VDC
A. +600VDC
Because the toner on the drum has a slight negative charge (–100VDC), it requires a positive charge to transfer it to the paper; + 600VDC is the voltage used in an EP process laser printer.
What is typically included in the EP laser printer toner cartridge? (Choose three.)
A. Toner
B. Print drum
C. Laser
D. Cleaning blade
A. Toner
B. Print drum
D. Cleaning blade
An electrophotographic (EP) laser printer toner cartridge includes the toner, print drum, and cleaning blade. The laser is usually contained within the printer, not within the toner cartridge.
