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Printers that create an image on paper by physically striking an ink ribbon against the paper’s surface are known as what?
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Impact printers
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What type of impact printers are used for multipart forms because they actually strike the paper?
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Dot-Matrix printers
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Dot matrix print heads usually have how many pins?
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9 or 24 pins
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9-pin dot-matrix printers are generically called what?
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Draft quality
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24-pin printers are known as what?
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Letter quality or Near letter quality (NLQ)
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Paper with holes on its sides that are engaged by metal sprockets to pull the paper through dot matrix printers are known as what?
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Tractor feed paper
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what are the 3 basic color cartridges in older inkjet printers?
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1. Cyan
2. Magenta 3. Yellow |
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Resolution in inkjet printers are measured in what units?
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(DPI) Dots Per Inch
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Print speed is measured in what units?
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(PPM) Pages Per Minute
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To cause something to change from a solid form into a vapor and then back into a solid is called what?
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Sublimation
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What laser printer part enables voltage to pass to the drum and charge the photosensitive particles on its surface?
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Primary Corona
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Laser printers have an aluminum cylinder coated with particles of photosensitive compounds, what are they called?
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Photosensitive Drum
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What laser printer partexposes the entire surface of the photosensitive drum to light, making the photosensitive coating conductive?
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Erase Lamp
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What laser printer part ensures that the surface of the drum receives a uniform negative voltage of between ~600 and ~1000 volts?
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Primary Grid
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Any particle on the
drum struck by this and becomes conductive and its charge is drained away into the grounded core of the drum. What is it? |
Laser
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The fine powder in a laser printer is made up of plastic particles bonded to iron particles. What is it called?
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Toner
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The thin wire, usually protected by other thin wires, applies a positive charge to the paper, drawing the negatively charged toner particles to the paper is called what?
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Transfer Corona
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Two rollers, a pressure roller and a heated roller, are used to press the toner to the paper. This is done by what part of the Laser printing process?
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Fuser Assembly
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The corona's inside printers produce what harmful chemical
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O3 (Ozone)
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Most laser printers have what part that needs to be vacuumed or replaced periodically?
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Ozone Filter
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Which printer language is a device-independent printer language capable of high-resolution graphics and scalable
fonts? |
PostScript
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Which printer language uses the CPU rather than the printer to process a print job and then sends the completed job to the printer?
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Graphical device interface (GDI)
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Which printer language has enhanced color management (which works with Windows Color System) and better print layout fidelity?
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XML Paper Specification (XPS)
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Most printers connect to what two ports on the PC?
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1. USB
2. DB-25 parallel port |
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What is the maximum data transfer rate for standard parallel port?
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150 KBps
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What is the standard for backward-compatible, high-speed, bidirectional parallel port for the PC?
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IEEE 1284
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What are the 5 modes of operation for an IEEE 1284 cable?
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1. compatibility mode
2. nibble mode 3. byte mode 4. EPP 5. ECP |
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What are the 6 steps of the laser printing process?
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1. Clean
2. Charge 3. Write 4. Develop 5. Transfer 6. Fuse |
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Which step of the Laser printing process removes all residual toner left over from printing the previous page?
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Cleaning
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Which step of the Laser printing process makes the drum receptive to new images?
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Charging
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Two rollers—a heated roller coated in a nonstick material and a pressure
roller—melts toner to paper. What is this process called? |
Fusing
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Color laser printers use four different colors of toner. What are they?
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1. Cyan
2. Magenta 3. Yellow 4. Black |
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What is the area of memory that enables you to queue up multiple print jobs that the printer will handle sequentially called?
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Print Spooler
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Laser printers present a pattern of dots for a page, that represent what the final product should look like. What are they called?
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Raster Images
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What chip does a laser printer use to translate the image into commands to the laser?
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Raster Image Processor (RIP)
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What technique is used to match the print output of your printer to the visual output on your monitor?
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Calibration
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The method of turning off a printer and turning it back on is known as what?
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Power cycling
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What provides detailed information
about the potential environmental hazards associated with different components and proper disposal methods? |
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
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What is the cause of this laser printer symptom: Blank Paper Printout
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Printer is out of toner.
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What is the cause of this laser printer symptom: Dirty printouts
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Dirty fuser
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What is the cause of this laser printer symptom: Ghosting
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Worn-out cleaning blade
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What is the cause of this laser printer symptom: Vertical White Lines
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Toner is clogged
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What is the cause of this laser printer symptom: Blotchy print
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Uneven dispersion of toner; low toner
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What is the cause of this laser printer symptom: Spotty print
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1. Damaged drum
2. Toner stuck to fuser rollers |
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What is the cause of this laser printer symptom: Pulling Multiple Sheets
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1. Humidity
2. Worn Separation Pad |
