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Module 10 Assignment

This assignment is based on chapter 21.

  1. Identify the two major categories of printers.

  2. What are examples of non-impact printers?

  3. Using figure 21-2, identify two components contained within a laser cartridge.

  4. What is the function of the erase lamps?

  5. What happens during the conditioning step?

  6. In which step of the laser printing process is data first transmitted to the printer?

  7. Electrically speaking, in the writing step what happens to the drum where the laser beam strikes the surface?

  8. What is toner made of?

  9. What does the control blade do?

  10. When adjusting print density on a laser printer, what is actually being adjusted?

  11. What does the static charge eliminator do?

  12. What is the function of the fusing roller?

  13. A typical bubble-jet print head contains 64 or ______ nozzles.

  14. What is the home position when discussing ink-jet printer heads?

  15. What advantage do dot-matrix printers have over other printer types?

  16. Identify the greatest disadvantage of solid ink printers.

  17. What is the benefit of having OCR software with a scanner?

  18. Identify ways a scanner is connected to a PC.

  19. What is a local printer?

  20. Of the three ways to make a printer available on a network, which one has its own NIC?

  21. What is spooling?

  22. Give examples of printer consumables.

  23. What is contained in a Printer Maintenance kit?

  24. How should excess/stray toner be removed from a printer?

  25. What should be done to eliminate the printer as a problem when troubleshooting a printing problem?

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