A+ Guide to Hardware Ch 12
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laser printer
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type of electrophotographic printer that can range from a small, personal desktop model to a large, network printer; works by placing toner on an electrically charged rotating drum
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Six Steps of Laser Printing
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1. Cleaning 2. Conditioning 3. Writing 4. Developing 5. Transferring 6. Fusing
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inkjet printer
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use a type of ink-dispersion printing and don't normally provide high quality resolution of laser printers; tend to smudge on inexpensive paper
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impact printer or dot matrix printer
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creates a printed page by using some mechanism that touches or hits the packet
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thermal printers
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use wx-based ink that is heated by heat pins that melt into ink onto the paper
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dye-sublimation printer
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uses solid dyes embedded on different transparent films
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solid ink printer
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use ink stored in solid blocks; greatest disadvantage is the time it takes the printer to heat up
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duplex printing
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printing one bother sides
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local printer
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connects directly to a ocmputer by way of USB, parallel port, serial port, or wireless connection
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network printer
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has an Ethernet port to connect directly to the network
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print server
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dedicated device or computer that can control several printers connected to a network
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XPS document writer
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creates an .xps files
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default printer
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the one Windows prints to unless another is selected
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configuration page
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page printed directly from the printer that contains its IP Address
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PostScript
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language used to communicate how apage is to print and was developed by Adobe systems
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PCL (printer control language)
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developed by HP but considered a de facto standard in the printing industry
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GDI (graphics device interface)
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less-sophisticated method of communicating to a printer
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XPS (XML Paper Specification
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introduced to Vista and was designed to replace GDI as the method to render the page before sending it to the printer
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raw data
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binary data, the printer can print without any processing
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spooling
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several print jobs accumulate in the queue
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print spool
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print queue
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printer maintenance kits
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include specific components, step by step instructions, and any special tools or equipment you need to do maintenance
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extension magnet brush
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long-handled brush made of nylon fibers that are charged with static electricity and easily attract the toner like a magnet
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printer test page
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prints some text, some graphics, and some information about the printer
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power cycle
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turning the printer off and back on
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Event Viewer
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check for record events that have to do with the printer or the port it is using
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chkdsk
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to verify the hard drive does not have any errors
