Exam 27: Printers and Multifunction Devices

In a laser printer, the ______________ is an aluminum cylinder coated with particles of photosensitive compounds.

How are dots put onto the surface of paper from a direct thermal printer?

What kind of printer relies on a photoconductive process?

In Windows, a default printer is identified by a(n) ______________.

What is an RIP?

What is a photosensitive drum?

How do impact printers and laser printers differ with regard to transfer of data to the printer?

The term ______________ means to cause something to change from a solid form into a vapor and then back into a solid.

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?

In a laser printer, what component is used to write a positive image on the surface of the drum?

What causes misaligned or garbage printouts?

Laser printers rely on the ______________ properties of certain organic compounds.

Laser printers are particularly effective for printing _______________.

What type of printers does Windows attempt to automatically detect and install?

Mostly composed of plastic, ______________ particles can be melted on to the paper.

A(n) ______________ combines the functions of printer, fax, and scanner in one piece of equipment.

The tiny pipes that squirt ink onto the paper are called ______________.

Dot-matrix printers that use ______________ pins produce letter quality or near-letter quality output.

What printing subsystem does Windows Vista include to enhance color management and better print layout fidelity?

When a thermal printhead passes over the film ribbon, what melts onto the paper?