Printers
53 flashcards · Other · by Ian Christensen
What is a Photosensitive Drum?
The part of a laser printer that holds a static charge,
What is the primary corona?
It provides the charge to the photosensitive drum
What is the voltage of a standard laser printer?
-400V to -600V
What is the standard voltage of toner during the developing stage?
-300V
What are the seven stages of printing with a laser printer?
Processing Charging Exposing Developing Transferring Fusing Cleaning
What does CMYK stand for?
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black
What does RGB stand for?
Red, Green, and Blue
What are the two different types of printers?
Laser printers, Inkjet Printers, and Impact Printers
What is a multi-function device?
A device with a printer, scanner, faxer, etc.
Inkjet Maintenance
Clean Heads Calibration Replacing Cartridge Clear Jams
What is an Impact or Dot Matrix Printer?
An Impact Printer uses a print head that strikes an ink ribbon on tractor feed paper in order to print multiples of the same thing
What is a print head?
The striking component of an Impact Printer
What is tractor feed printer paper?
Tractor feed paper is a long roll of paper connected together with perforated stripes along the sides
What is an ink ribbon?
What is a thermal printer?
The receipt printers at the store that prints using heat
What is the primary way of connecting to a printer?
USB
What type of printer often uses a serial connection?
Thermal Printers
What is the Spooler?
The printer queue
What is Collation?
When there are a bunch of trays?
Duplex Printing
Double Sided Printing
What is a virtual printer?
Mapping a printer?
What are the protocols that different operating systems use to connect to printers?
Mac - SLP Win - LLDP
What is
Win - Zeroconf (Zero Configruation) Mac - Bonjour
What is AirPrint?
What is Cloud Printing?
What is Google Cloud Printing?
Unable to install printer?
You don't have the rights/permissions to install the printer or the printer simply isn't connected or turned on
No connectivity?
Is the printer connected to the network and is the network working?
Major printer problems
Uninstall and reinstall the printer or rollback the driver
Access denied
You don't have the rights/permissions to do what you're attempting
No image on the printer display
Is the printer turned on? Is the printer in sleep mode? Is the display broken?
Paper not feeding or paper jam
The pickup rollers or separate pads need to be replaced and the printer/paper should be stored in a cool dry place
Low memory errors
Laserprinters use RAM, try reducing the resolution or buying more RAM
Error codes
Figure out what the error code means
Garbled characters on paper
Bad or corrupted drivers
Vertical lines on page
Foreign matter on the roller (laser printers), replace the toner cartridge
Color prints in the wrong print color
The driver needs to be updated or rolled back, or the printer is out of a specific color of ink
Printing blank pages
The primary component is broken (the heater in a thermal printer, the primary corona in a laser printer, etc)
Streaks
An inkjet printer is clogged and needs maintenance
Faded prints
Needs new printer cartridge
Ghost images
Laser printer's cleaning component is worn out, fix by replacing the toner
Toner not fused to paper
Something is wrong with the fuser assembly
Creased paper
The pickup roller needs to be replaced/maintained
What does it mean to patch a system?
Securing computers
Patch your system Run anti-malware Run a host-based firewall
What are Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)?
What does IDS stand for?
Intrusion Detection Systems
What are Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)?
What does IPS stand for?
Intrusion Prevention Systems
What is endpoint management?
What is Unified Threat Management (UTM)?
What does UTM stand for?
Unified Threat Management