CH02 Sizing up Computers and Device Hardware

_____ printers can be color or black-and-white, and they can use _____ or thermal technology.

Label; inkjet

A _____, which is sometimes called an all-in-one device, is a printer that also functions as a copier and a scanner and sometimes as a fax machine.

multifunction device (MFD)

An inkjet printer is an example of a(n) _____ printer.

nonimpact

Which of the following is not one of the colors of toner for a color laser printer?

orange

A 3-D printer can be used to reproduce which of the following?

parts for an old machine

Repair and service technicians who travel to remote sites use _____ printers to generate invoices and receipts for customers.

portable

A(n) ______ printer uses heat to transfer an impression onto the paper.

thermal

What can send and receive copies of documents through a telephone line, similar to the way a dial-up modem sends network data?

A Fax Machine

Transfer corona

Applies a uniform +600v charge to the paper

Primary corona

Applies a uniform -600v charge to the drum

Drum

Holds the image of the page in areas that are lasered and areas that are not lasered

How does a direct thermal printer operate?

It burns dots into a sheet of coated paper when it passes over a line of heating elements.

How does a nonimpact printer work?

It forms characters and images without actually striking the output medium.

What does the abbreviation ppm stand for?

Pages per minute

With a _____ printer, images are printed as dots, which means they must be dithered to produce shades of colors.

Thermal wax transfer

A laser printer contains at least one large cylinder, known as a _____, that carries a high negative electrical charge.

drum

Which of the following is the most expensive and slowest type of thermal printer and also requires special paper?

dye sublimation printer

During the final step in laser printing, the paper passes through a _____, which causes the image to stick to the paper.

fuser

Which of the following does not describe a piezoelectric inkjet printer?

It operates via a vacuum created inside the ink cartridge, which draws more ink into the nozzle.

Developing cylinder

Makes the toner available to the drum

Fuse

Melts the toner to the paper

A printer is the most common type of device used to produce hard-copy output on paper or another physical medium, such as transparency film.

True

One of the advantages of using an impact printer is that it's economical; the ribbon it uses doesn't cost much compared with the ink and toner used by other types of printers.

True

The main difference between a(n) _____ printer and a photocopier is that a copier scans a document and then prints the scanned copy, whereas the printer receives _____ from a computer and then prints the data.

laser; digitized data

_____ are used to create large, high-quality, precision documents, such as engineering drawings for machine parts and equipment.

plotters

A _____ printer is similar to a label printer but may include a scale for weighing letters and packages.

postage