How Much Do You Know About Printers? Quiz

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1. Which of the following port types commonly support printers? (Select two.)

Explanation

You’ll find almost all printers hooked up to parallel or USB ports.

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How Much Do You Know About Printers? Quiz - Quiz

In computing, a printer is a peripheral machine which makes a persistent representation of graphics or text, usually on paper. While most output is human-readable, bar code printers are an example of an expanded use for printers. The different types of printers include 3D printer, inkjet printer, laser printer, thermal... see moreprinter, etc.
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2. Which tool would help you determine why a print job didn’t print?

Explanation

The print spooler can help you determine why a print job didn’t print.

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3. What is the proper order of the laser printing process?

Explanation

Clean, charge, write, develop, transfer, and fuse is the proper process.

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4. What printing process uses heat sensitive plastic files embedded with various
color dyes?

Explanation

Dye-sublimation printers use heat sensitive plastic files embedded with
various color dyes.

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5. Which of these items are considered to be dot-matrix printer consumables?
(Select all that apply.)

Explanation

Both paper and ribbons are considered dot-matrix printer consumables.

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6. A standalone printer will print a test page just fine, but it makes gobbledygook
out of your term paper. What’s probably wrong?

Explanation

The application (software) that is trying to print is probably configured
incorrectly

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7. With a laser printer, what creates the image on the photosensitive drum?

Explanation

The laser imaging unit creates an image on the photosensitive drum.

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8. What mechanism is used by most inkjet printers to push ink onto
the paper?

Explanation

Most inkjet printers use electroconductive plates to push the ink onto the
paper.

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9. What part must be vacuumed or replaced periodically to prevent damage as a
result of the action of the corona?

Explanation

The ozone filter should be periodically vacuumed or changed.

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10. On a dot-matrix printer, what physically strikes the ribbon to form
an image?

Explanation

Printwires physically strike the ribbon in dot-matrix printers.

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Which of the following port types commonly support printers? (Select...
Which tool would help you determine why a print job didn’t print?
What is the proper order of the laser printing process?
What printing process uses heat sensitive plastic files embedded with...
Which of these items are considered to be dot-matrix printer...
A standalone printer will print a test page just fine, but it makes...
With a laser printer, what creates the image on the photosensitive...
What mechanism is used by most inkjet printers to push ink ontothe...
What part must be vacuumed or replaced periodically to prevent damage...
On a dot-matrix printer, what physically strikes the ribbon to forman...
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