
Chapter 10 - Printers
Quiz by Buechter, William
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Match the following laser printing steps to their corresponding descriptions.Â
Match the following laser printing steps to their corresponding descriptions.Â
For color laser printers, the writing process repeats three times, one for each toner color of cyan, magenta, and yellow.
Even with single-sided printing, inkjet printers tend to smudge on inexpensive paper, and they are slower than laser printers. If a printed page later becomes damp, the ink can run and get quite messy. The quality of the paper used with inkjet printers significantly affects the quality of printed output. You should use only paper that is designed for an inkjet printer, and you should use a high-grade paper to get the best results.
For best results, don’t refill an inkjet ink cartridge more than ___________ times.Â
A printer that is able to print on both sides of the paper must contain a ___________________.
An inkjet printer uses a type of ink-dispersion printing and doesn’t normally provide the high-quality resolution of laser printers.
Most inkjet printers today can print low-quality photos, especially when used with photo-quality paper.
When an inkjet printer is not in use, the assemblage sits in the far-right position, which is called the home position or parked position. This position helps protect the ink in the cartridges from drying out.
Which of the following are characteristics of a dot-matrix printer. Choose all that apply.
Identify three reasons that impact printers are still in use. Choose three.
Overheating can damage a dot-matrix print head, so keep it as cool as possible to make it last longer. Keep the printer in a cool, well-ventilated area, and don’t use it to print more than ___________ pages without allowing the head to cool down.
The older direct thermal printer burns dots onto specially coated paper called thermal paper; this process was used by older fax machines.
A thermal transfer printer uses a ribbon that contains wax-based ink. The heating element melts the ribbon (also called foil) onto special thermal paper so that it stays glued to the paper as the feed assembly moves it through the printer.
A(n) ___________ printer connects directly to a computer by way of a USB port, serial port, or wireless connection (Bluetooth or Wi-Fi). Most printers these days support more than one method.
A(n) _____________ printer has an Ethernet port to connect directly to the network or uses Wi-Fi to connect to a wireless access point.
For a shared local printer to be available to other computers on the network, the host computer must be turned on but can be in sleep or standby mode.
Match the following wireless technologies to their descriptions.
Which of the following should be used to clean the outside of a printer? Choose all that apply.
Which of the following should be used to clean the inside of a laser printer? Choose all that apply.
Which of the following should be used to clean up loose toner inside a laser printer? Choose all that apply.
Which of the following are part of the process to manually clean an inkjet cartridge nozzles. Choose all that apply.