PRINTERS

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Laser Printers A+ 1001

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Ready

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Advantages

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High quality , Fast

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Cons

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Very complex lots of things can break, Has memory inside to store print job, Messy.

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Imaging Drum

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A photo sensitive drum Painted by laser

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Fuser assembly process

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Heat and pressure melt toner and fix it to page.

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Colors

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cyan, yellow, magenta, black

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Pickup Rollers

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Pick up paper single page at time

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Maintenance

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Periodically replace pick up rollers

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Seperate pad

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Picks up single page from top of paper tray

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Duplex assembly

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Print on both sides

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Step 1

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Processing: Data and pages are sent into memory of printer, Entire page must be setup in memory

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Step 2

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Charging: Photosensitive drum is charged by primary charging roller

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Step 3

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Exposing: Laser writes out image

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Step 4

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Developing: Toner sticks to areas neutralized by laser

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Step 5

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Transfer: Transfer roller moves from toner onto paper passing by with pressure

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Step 6

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Fusing: Heat and pressure melt toner to paper

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Step 7

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Cleaning: Toner cleaned off of photosentive drum

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Laser printer Maintenance

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Ready

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Toner

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Replacing toner cartridge and OPC Drum

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Calibration

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Print test page and calibrate printer

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Cleaning

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Manufacture has recommendations, avoid normal vacum cleaner

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INK JET PRINTERS

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READY

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Pro

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Inexpensive, Quiet, High res

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Cons

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Ink expensive, Ink fades, Clogs easily

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Colors

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CMYK , CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK.

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Print Head

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Integrated into the cartrige

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Feed rollers

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Pull paper through printer as its printing

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Carriage and Belt

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Ink cartridges move over paper moves back and forth over belt

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Ink JET printer calibration

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Prints test images if all colors aligned properly

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Ink jet Maintenance

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Ready

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Print heads

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These need cleaning, Usually daily cleaning process

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Calibrate

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Alignment usually after inkjet replaced

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Jams

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Remove and recalibrate

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Thermal Printer

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Ready

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White Papter

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Turns black when heated, Very quiet, Sensitive to light or heat

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Feed assembly

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Pulls paper through printer

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Heating element

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No moving print head. Only heats part of the element

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Thermal paper

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Changes color when heated because its been treated with Chemical

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Thermal printer Maintenance

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Ready

Question 40

Paper replacement

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Need to get exact size according to manufacture

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Heating element

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Use IPA (Isoprople Alcohol) to clean this element

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Removing Debris

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Use compressed air or wipe out inside

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Impact Printers

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Ready

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Dot-Matrix printers

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Small pins on printhead pushing through ribbon impacting page

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Pros

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Low cost, Multiple copies with carbon paper

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Cons

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Loud, Poor Graphics

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Movement

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Printhead moves back and forth across page creating character on page

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Printer Ribbon

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Long ribbon modular eventually wears out, Proprietary size

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Feed

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Tractor feed pulled through holes

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Impact printer maintenance

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Ready

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Ribbon

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Eventually wears out ink becomes too light

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Print head replacement

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Wears out due to impact, Can replace entire print head, Very hot.

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Paper replacement

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Test sheets to make sure alignment is good, Make sure nothing in the way

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Virtual Printers

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Ready

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Print to file

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Prints digital copy of document

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Adobe

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Prints to PDF , Proprietary format.

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Virtual printers

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Show up as seperate printer

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XPS

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Prints to MS XPS format

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Print to image

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Creates a picture image of the document

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3D printer

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Takes digital model and creates physical object using filament, Rapid phototyping