Printers Flashcards

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Advantages of inkjet printers

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Advantages :

Portability - these printers are quite small in comparison to other printers and are therefore easy to move from on place to another

Cost - the initial cost of buying the printer is low

Page cost - cost per page is lower than laser type

Space - compared to a laser printer an inkjet printer takes very little space on a desk

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Disadvantages of an inkjet printer

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Cost - although the printer is affordable the ink cartridges are quite expensive

Speed - these printers are slow and are not suitable for high volumes of printing

Quality - copies might be slowly wet after the print job and might require time to dry

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Advantages of a laser printer

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Quality - has high quality print outs

Speed - it can print more pages at the same time than the inkjet

Cost - replacing toner in this type of printer is cheaper than inkjet printers

Noise - hardly makes any noise

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Disadvantages of laser printer

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Cost - A laser printer is more expensive than an inkjet printer

Space - laser printers are much bigger and heavier than inkjet printers, it therefore takes more space

Maintenance - servicing or fixing can be quite costly

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How does an inkjet printer work

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Ink is heated and released through tiny holes, forming droplets that create dots making up an image or text, repeated until the entire image or text is made.

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How does a laser printer work

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A laser beam is directed onto a drum to create a mirrored image of what needs to be printed, magnetizing parts of the drum. As the drum rotates, it picks up toner ink powder. This toner is then transferred onto paper, with a hot roller bonding the toner to the paper, printing the letters or images.

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What does default printer mean

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All documents will be printed from this printer

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What does offline mean

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The printer is switched off

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How to change default printer in windows 10

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Click the Windows button and the settings icon in the lower left corner of your screen, then select “Devices.” Under “Printers & scanners,” choose the printer you want to set as default. All print jobs will go to this printer unless you select a different one using “File” > “Print.”

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What connectors do printers usually have

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USB

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Reasons why the printer and computer may not communicate

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The USB cable is not connected to the PC properly

Printer software is not installed properly

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Ways to connect the printer to w computer

And recommend method

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Use a cable connection for the desktop, as it won’t be moved. Use wireless for connecting other devices like a laptop or tablet.

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Ways to save paper

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save paper by sending documents electronically.

print on both sides of the paper when possible.

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Printing queue

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When you send a print task to the printer, it is temporarily stored on the hard drive where it waits
until the printer is ready to print it. Each print task is placed in a queue.

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Comparison of quality of an inkjet and laser printer

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Laser printers have better monochrome quality but worse color quality than inkjet printers, while inkjet printers produce better color quality prints.

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Which printer is best for a photography business

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An Inkjet printer would be better for the photography business because inkjet printers can print high-quality photographs because the colour quality is better than laser printers.