Check for Understanding 12
What causes an unwanted mark (dark ghosting) to appear on printed pages? Select one: a. A damaged laser b. A damaged toner c. A damaged head d. A damaged drum
a damaged drum
In a laser printer, what must be done to the drum to make it receptive to new images? Select one: 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.
a?
What kind of printer is used with multipart forms such as those with point of sale machines? Select one: a. Dot-matrix b. Daisy-wheel c. Inkjet d. Color
dot-matrix
How is laser printer resolution measured? Select one: a. Color per inch b. Dots per inch c. Pixels per inch d. Bits per inch
dots per inch
You are printing from a dot-matrix printer and notice that the characters look chopped off at the top. What should you try adjusting? Select one: a. Toner b. Driver c. Cartridge d. Drum
driver
Printers can use _______________, which enable the printer to automatically print on both sides of the paper. Select one: a. bidirectional assemblies b. document feeders c. duplex assemblies d. fuser assemblies
duplex assemblies
In a laser printer, the pressure roller and heated roller are used to _______________. Select one: 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
fuse the toner to the paper
In a laser printer, the _______________ uses friction to isolate a single sheet from any others that were picked up. Select one: a. duplexing assembly b. separation pad c. transfer roller d. gearbox
separation pad
Laser printers are particularly effective for printing _______________. Select one: a. spot color b. full-color images c. complex images d. 256-bit color
spot color
What does the primary corona wire charge? Select one: a. The fuser assembly b. The paper c. The toner d. The drum
the drum
The fuser assembly in a laser printer is almost always separate from the _______________. Select one: a. laser head b. gearbox c. drum d. toner cartridge
toner cartridge
In laser printers, what component applies a positive charge to the paper, drawing the negatively charged toner particles to the paper? Select one: a. Transfer corona b. Turning gears c. Laser d. Toner
transfer corona
What charges the paper in a laser printer? Select one: a. Primary corona b. Transfer corona c. Fuser assembly d. Laser
transfer corona
The term sublimation means to cause something to change from a solid into a _______________ form and then back into a solid. Select one: a. vapor b. viscous c. liquid d. crystal
vapor
The Hewlett-Packard system for controlling printers is _______________. Select one: a. PCL b. PostScript c. ASCII d. Unicode
ASCII
What Control Panel applet is used to manage printers and faxes in Windows 7/8/8.1? Select one: a. Devices and Printers b. Hardware c. Printers and Faxes d. Printers and Hardware
Devices and Printers
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? Select one: a. Dot-matrix b. Inkjet c. Laser d. Thermal
Dot-matrix
What are 9-pin dot-matrix printers generically called? Select one: a. Economy quality b. Near-letter quality c. Draft quality d. Letter quality
Draft qualiyu
Which printer transfers data to the printer one character or one line at a time? Select one: a. Impact b. Laser c. Dye-sublimation d. Thermal
Impact
What kind of printers tend to have problems with ink drying out inside the nozzles when the printer is not used for a period? Select one: a. Color b. Laser c. Inkjet d. Dot-matrix
Inkjet
What type of printer works by ejecting ink through tiny tubes? Select one: a. Laser b. Inkjet c. Dot-matrix d. Impact
Inkjet
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? Select one: a. It becomes bright. b. It becomes electrically charged. c. It becomes conductive. d. It becomes nonconductive.
It becomes conductive
Most printers, scanner, and multifunction devices connect to a computer via a(n) _______________. Select one: a. proxy server b. FireWire port c. Ethernet cable d. USB port
USB port
At the end of the laser printing process, what is cleaned? Select one: a. Toner b. Laser head c. Photosensitive drum d. Power unit
photosensitive drum
The toner in a laser printer is a fine powder. This powder is made up of plastic particles bonded to _______________ particles. Select one: a. nickel b. polyester c. aluminum d. pigment
pigment
Toner particles are composed mostly of _______________, which allows them to be melted to the page. Select one: a. carbon b. power c. plastic d. Teflon
plastic
Laser printers usually use a laser as the light source because of their _______________. Select one: a. intensity b. brightness c. precision d. cost-effectiveness
precision
Assuming a printer is in good working order and online, what should you check next if nothing prints? Select one: a. Calibration b. Port settings c. Printer emulation d. Print spooler
print spooler
A laser printer creates an image of dots and holds it in memory before printing it. What is this image of dots called? Select one: a. Raster image b. Laser image c. Vector image d. High-resolution image
raster image
How are dots put onto the surface of paper from a direct thermal printer? Select one: a. Through spraying b. By etching c. Through embedding d. By burning
By burning
The dye-sublimation printing technique is an example of what method of color printing? Select one: a. PPM b. RGB c. CMYK d. LEDS
CMYK
What should you do if your dot-matrix printer output is covered with dots and small smudges? Select one: a. Replace the drum. b. Clean the platen. c. Clean the printhead. d. Replace the cartridge.
Clean the platen
What should be added to a laser printer to resolve a memory overflow problem? Select one: a. RET b. RIP c. ROM d. RAM
RAM
What kind of chip is used by a laser printer to translate the raster image sent to the printer into commands for the laser? Select one: a. RAM b. RIP c. ROM d. UART
RIP
When a thermal printhead passes over the film ribbon, what melts onto the paper? Select one: a. Wax b. Toner c. Dye d. Ink
Wax
What kind of printer creates an image on paper by physically striking an ink ribbon against the paper's surface? Select one: a. Laser b. Dot-matrix c. Thermal d. Impact
impact
What element is heated by tiny resistors or electroconductive plates at the end of each tube in an inkjet printer? Select one: a. Ink b. Toner c. Toner powder d. Nozzle
ink
In a laser printer, what component is used to write a positive image on the surface of the drum? Select one: a. Toner b. Marker c. Laser d. Head
laser
What kind of printer relies on a photoconductive process? Select one: a. Dot-matrix b. Inkjet c. Laser d. Thermal
laser
What needs to be vacuumed or replaced periodically in a laser printer? Select one: a. Ozone filter b. Drum c. Toner cartridge d. Powder
ozone filter