Deck 27: Printers and Multifunction Devices

Question 1

What kind of printer uses a grid of tiny pins, also known as printwires, to strike an inked printer ribbon and produce images on paper?

A)Dot-matrix
B)Inkjet
C)Laser
D)Thermal

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Laser printers are particularly effective for printing _______________.

A)spot color
B)full-color images
C)complex images
D)256-bit color

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What type of printer works by ejecting ink through tiny tubes?

A)Laser
B)Inkjet
C)Dot-matrix
D)Impact

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The toner in a laser printer is a fine powder.This powder is made up of plastic particles bonded to _______________ particles.

A)nickel
B)polyester
C)aluminum
D)pigment

Question 5

What kind of printer creates an image on paper by physically striking an ink ribbon against the paper's surface?

A)Laser
B)Dot-matrix
C)Thermal
D)Impact

Question 6

What does the primary corona wire charge?

A)The fuser assembly
B)The paper
C)The toner
D)The drum

Question 7

What kind of printer relies on a photoconductive process?

A)Dot-matrix
B)Inkjet
C)Laser
D)Thermal

Question 8

During the laser printer process, after the erase lamp exposes the entire surface of the photosensitive drum to light, what happens to the photosensitive coating?

A)It becomes bright.
B)It becomes electrically charged.
C)It becomes conductive.
D)It becomes nonconductive.

Question 9

What kind of printer is used with multipart forms such as those with point of sale machines?

A)Dot-matrix
B)Daisy-wheel
C)Inkjet
D)Color

Question 10

The term sublimation means to cause something to change from a solid into a _______________ form and then back into a solid.

A)vapor
B)viscous
C)liquid
D)crystal

Question 11

The fuser assembly in a laser printer is almost always separate from the _______________.

A)laser head
B)gearbox
C)drum
D)toner cartridge

Question 12

What element is heated by tiny resistors or electroconductive plates at the end of each tube in an inkjet printer?

A)Ink
B)Toner
C)Toner powder
D)Nozzle

Question 13

What charges the paper in a laser printer?

A)Primary corona
B)Transfer corona
C)Fuser assembly
D)Laser

Question 14

Laser printers usually use a laser as the light source because of their _______________.

A)intensity
B)brightness
C)precision
D)cost-effectiveness

Question 15

When a thermal printhead passes over the film ribbon, what melts onto the paper?

A)Wax
B)Toner
C)Dye
D)Ink

Question 16

Which type of printer creates an image on paper by physically striking an ink ribbon against the paper's surface?

A)Dot-matrix
B)Inkjet
C)Impact
D)Laser

Question 17

What are 9-pin dot-matrix printers generically called?

A)Economy quality
B)Near-letter quality
C)Draft quality
D)Letter quality

Question 18

The dye-sublimation printing technique is an example of what method of color printing?

A)PPM
B)RGB
C)CMYK
D)LEDS

Question 19

How are dots put onto the surface of paper from a direct thermal printer?

A)Through spraying
B)By etching
C)Through embedding
D)By burning

Question 20

In laser printers, what component applies a positive charge to the paper, drawing the negatively charged toner particles to the paper?

A)Transfer corona
B)Turning gears
C)Laser
D)Toner

Question 21

What kind of chip is used by a laser printer to translate the raster image sent to the printer into commands for the laser?

A)RAM
B)RIP
C)ROM
D)UART

Question 22

In a laser printer, what must be done to the drum to make it receptive to new images?

A)It must be sterilized and decontaminated.
B)It must be grounded and fully discharged.
C)It must be charged with a uniform positive charge.
D)It must be charged with a uniform negative charge.

Question 23

Which printer transfers data to the printer one character or one line at a time?

A)Impact
B)Laser
C)Dye-sublimation
D)Thermal

Question 24

In a laser printer, the pressure roller and heated roller are used to _______________.

A)melt the toner to the paper
B)fuse the toner to the paper
C)burn the toner to the paper
D)apply the toner to the paper

Question 25

The Hewlett-Packard system for controlling printers is _______________.

A)PCL
B)PostScript
C)ASCII
D)Unicode

Question 26

How is laser printer resolution measured?

A)Color per inch
B)Dots per inch
C)Pixels per inch
D)Bits per inch

Question 27

At the end of the laser printing process, what is cleaned?

A)Toner
B)Laser head
C)Photosensitive drum
D)Power unit

Question 28

What should you do if your dot-matrix printer output is covered with dots and small smudges?

A)Replace the drum.
B)Clean the platen.
C)Clean the printhead.
D)Replace the cartridge.

Question 29

Most printers, scanner, and multifunction devices connect to a computer via a _______________.

A)proxy server
B)FireWire port
C)Ethernet cable
D)USB port

Question 30

In a laser printer, what component is used to write a positive image on the surface of the drum?

A)Toner
B)Marker
C)Laser
D)Head

Question 31

In a laser printer, the _______________ uses friction to isolate a single sheet any others that were picked up.

A)duplexing assembly
B)separation pad
C)transfer roller
D)gearbox

Question 32

A laser printer creates an image of dots and holds it in memory before printing it.What is this image of dots called?

A)Raster image
B)Laser image
C)Vector image
D)High-resolution image

Question 33

What needs to be vacuumed or replaced periodically in a laser printer?

A)Ozone filter
B)Drum
C)Toner cartridge
D)Powder

Question 34

Assuming a printer is in good working order and online, what should you check next if nothing prints?

A)Calibration
B)Port settings
C)Printer emulation
D)Print spooler

Question 35

Toner particles are composed mostly of _______________, which allows them to be melted to the page.

A)carbon
B)power
C)plastic
D)Teflon

Question 36

What kind of printers tend to have problems with ink drying out inside the nozzles when the printer is not used for a period?

A)Color
B)Laser
C)Inkjet
D)Dot-matrix

Question 37

You are printing from a dot-matrix printer and notice that the characters look chopped off at the top.What should you try adjusting?

A)Toner
B)Driver
C)Cartridge
D)Drum

Question 38

What Control Panel applet is used to manage printers and faxes in Windows 7?

A)Devices and Printers
B)Hardware
C)Printers and Faxes
D)Printers and Hardware

Question 39

What should be added to a laser printer to resolve a memory overflow problem?

A)RET
B)RIP
C)ROM
D)RAM

Question 40

What causes an unwanted mark (ghosting) to appear on printed pages?

A)A damaged laser
B)A damaged toner
C)A damaged head
D)A damaged drum

Question 41

Printers that create an image on paper by physically striking a(n) ______________ against the paper's surface are known as impact printers.

Question 42

Thermal dye transfer printing is sometimes called ______________ printing.

Question 43

In a laser printer, the ______________ is an aluminum cylinder coated with particles of photosensitive compounds.

Question 44

The two key features of an inkjet printer are the print ______________ and the print ______________.

Question 45

A laser printer's ______________ exposes the entire surface of the photosensitive drum to light, causing any electrical charge present in the particles to bleed into the grounded drum.

Question 46

______________ printers use a grid of tiny pins, also known as printwires, to strike an inked printer ribbon and produce images on paper.

Question 47

The case holds the printwires is called a(n) _______________.

Question 48

NLQ stands for ______________.

Question 49

Dye-sublimation printing is also known as ______________ printing.

Question 50

Dot-matrix printers that use ______________ pins produce letter quality or near-letter quality output.

Question 51

A laser is used to write a(n) ______________ image onto the surface of the drum.

Question 52

A(n) ______________ combines the functions of printer, fax, and scanner in one piece of equipment.

Question 53

______________ printers use an electro-photographic imaging process to produce high-quality and high-speed output of text and graphics.

Question 54

Print speed is measured in ______________.

Question 55

In thermal wax transfer printers, the thermal ______________ passes over the film ribbon and melts the wax onto the paper.

Question 56

The term ______________ means to cause something to change from a solid form into a vapor and then back into a solid.

Question 57

When a laser printer's ______________ is charged with an extremely high voltage, an electric field forms, enabling voltage to pass to the drum and charge the photosensitive particles on its surface.

Question 58

The ______________ printing technique is an example of the CMYK method of color printing.

Question 59

Ink is stored in special small containers called ______________.

Question 60

Laser printers rely on the ______________ properties of certain organic compounds.

Question 61

Laser printers use a chip called the ______________ to translate the raster image sent to the printer into commands to the laser.

Question 62

Every particle on a laser printer's drum that is hit by the laser will release most of its ______________ charge into the drum.

Question 63

A common problem with inkjet printers is the tendency for the ____________ to dry out when the printer is not used, even for a relatively short time.

Question 64

The printing process ends with the ______________ and ______________ cleaning of the photosensitive drum.

Question 65

Most laser printers have a special ______________ filter that needs to be vacuumed or replaced periodically.

Question 66

A laser printer's transfer corona applies a positive charge to the paper, drawing the ______________ charged toner particles to the paper.

Question 67

If you attempt to use a printer shared by another PC, but Windows pops up with an "Access Denied" error, you might not have ______________ to use the printer.

Question 68

A laser printer's heated roller has a nonstick coating to prevent the ______________ from sticking to it.

Question 69

The tiny pipes that squirt ink onto the paper are called ______________.

Question 70

Today, the typical ______________ printer uses a standard RJ-45 Ethernet cable or wireless interface.

Question 71

A laser printer's ______________ assembly permanently attaches toner to the paper.

Question 72

Mostly composed of plastic, ______________ particles can be melted on to the paper.

Question 73

In Windows, a default printer is identified by a(n) ______________.

Question 74

______________ starts the physical part of the printing process.

Question 75

The Add Printer Wizard allows you to set up a local or ______________ printer.

Question 76

A(n) ______________ contains important information regarding hazardous materials and safety procedures.

Question 77

The ______________ in a laser printer is a fine powder made up of plastic particles bonded to pigment particles.

Question 78

A laser printer's ______________ is measured in dots per inch, or dpi.

Question 79

If, when printing a document on a dot-matrix printer, the characters look chopped off at the top or bottom, the ______________ needs to be adjusted.

Question 80

Most printers now connect to a PC via a(n) ______________ port and not a DB-25 parallel port.