A+ 702 Printers

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What is the first step in the laser printing process?

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Cleaning: A rubber blade removes excess toner from the drum as it spins. An erasing lamp removes any leftover charge on the drum bringing to zero volts.

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What is the second step in the laser printing process?

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Conditioning: Also known as charging. A negative charge is applied to the drum by the primary corona wire, which is powered by a high voltage power supply within the printer.

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What is the third step in the laser printing process?

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Writing: Also known as Exposing. The laser is activated and "writes" to the drum as it spins. Where the laser hits the drum, it dissipates the negative charge toward the center of the drum that is grounded. The "written" areas of the drum now have lesser negative charge

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What is the fourth step in the laser printing process?

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Developing: The surface of drum that was previously exposed to the laser is now applied with negatively charged toner. This toner has a higher charge than the areas of the drum that were written to.

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What is the fifth step in the laser printing process?

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Transferring: The toner, and therefore the text or image, is transferred to the paper as the drum rolls over it. On many printers, the paper slides between the drum and a positively charged corona wire (known as the transfer corona wire). The transfer corona wire applies a positive charge to the paper. Because the paper has a positive charge, and the toner particles on the drum have a negative charge, the toner is attracted to the paper.

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What is the sixth step in the laser printing process?

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Fusing: The toner is fused to the paper. The paper passes through the fusing assembly that includes pressurized rollers and a heating element that can reach approximately 400 degrees F ( or about 200 degrees C)

Front 7

Which type of printer uses a photoelectric drum?

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The laser printer is the onlytype of printer that uses a photoelectric drum.

Front 8

During which step of the six-step laser printing process is t he transfer corona wire involved?

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The transfer corona wire gets involved in the six step laser printing process during the transferring step.

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Which stage of the six step laser printer process involves extreme heat?

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The fusing step uses heat( up to 200 degrees Celsius) and pressure to fuse the toner permanently to the paper.

Front 10

What is the most common type of consumer-based printer?

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the thermal inkjet is the most common type of printer used inthe consumer market today.

Front 11

What is the rubber roller that feeds the paper past the print head known as?

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The plan platen is the rubber roller that feeds the paper past the print head.

Front 12

What is a common amount of pins in a dot-matrix printer's print head?

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Dot-Matrix printer print heads usually have 24 pins or 9 pins

Front 13

How do you solve printing paper jam issues?

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1. Power cycling the printer(turn the printer on and off)
2. Clear the paper path

3. Verify that the right paper type is in the printer.

4. Check for dirty or cracked rollers.

5. Check if the fusing assembly has overheated.

Front 14

How do you solve a printing error code issue?

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Check your printer's documentation to find out what the error means.

Front 15

How do you solve Out of memory error print issue?

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If this happens, check the user's computer is spooling documents. The setting with the last chance of this error is Start Printing Immediately spool setting.

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How do you solve lines and smearing print issues?

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replace the toner cartridge

clean or replace the transfer corona wire

Front 17

When connecting a laser printer's power cables, what type of device is not recommended?

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An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is not recommended for laser printers due to the high draw of the laser printing.

Front 18

When you’re finished installing a new printer a new printer and printer drivers, what should you do?

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After the printer is installed, meaning it has been connected, and the drivers have been installed, you should calibrate the printer ( if necessary) and print a test page. Before starting the installation, you should check for compatibility with operating systems, applications, and so on.

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What is the fastest option when it comes to spooling documents?

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Start Printing Immediately is the fastest option when spooling documents. Print Directly to the Printer doesn’t use the spooling feature, and there is no Start Printing After Separator Page.

Front 20

What command turns off the print spooler?

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The command net stop spooler stops or turns off the print spooler service.

Front 21

What is it known as when two printers are joined together so that they can work as a team?

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Printer pooling is when two or more printers are combined to get print jobs out faster.

Front 22

What window in Windows Vista enables printer sharing?

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The network and Sharing Center in Windows Vista is where printer sharing is enabled.

Front 23

How can a paper jam be resolved?

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• Clear the paper path.

• Use the right paper type

• Check for damage rollers

Front 24

What is a possible reason for having blank pages come out of a laser printer?

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If the Transfer corona wire has failed, the is no way for the toner to be “attracted” to the paper, resulting in blank sheets coming out of the printer.

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What is a possible reason for having black lines show up on a print out?

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A scratch on the laser printer drum can account for black lines showing up on printouts. Another culprit can be dirty primary corona wire.