Generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against the heat-sensitive paper

Multi-functional device designed to provide services such as printing, fax, and copier functions.

Printer resolution measurement of the number of dots a printer can print.

Type of printer that uses liquid-ink–filled cartridges that spray ink to form an image on the paper.

Printer that uses solid sheets of ink that change from solid to gas, in a process called sublimating. The gas then passes through the paper, where it turns back to a solid. The print head passes over a sheet of cyan, magenta, yellow, and a clear overcoat (CMYO). Also called thermal dye printer.

Type of impact printer that produces printed images when tiny wire pins on a print head mechanism strike an inked ribbon.

Type of printer that forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper.

Type of high-speed, high-quality nonimpact printer that creates images using a laser beam and powdered ink called toner.

Nonimpact printer that sprays ink directly onto paper to produce printed text and graphic images.

What low energy cannot penetrate through walls or other obstacles and is a one-to-one type of connection?

Mean Time between failures (MTBF)

Average length of time between failures of a product or component

near letter quality (NLQ)

Printer output that is slightly less clear than what is acceptable for business letters.

The unit of measurement for the speed of laser and inkjet printers

A crystal which generates an electric voltage when bent or otherwise distorted in shape or, conversely, distorts in response to voltage.

Voltage device that erases the charge on the printing drum. Also called the grid or conditioning roller.

Number of tiny dots that the print head is capable of placing per inch on the paper when forming an image.

Contains the device-specific information that Windows Server 2008 requires to control a particular print device, implementing customized printer control codes, font, and style information so that documents are converted into a printer-specific language.

Invisible image created after exposure but before processing

Large roller in a dot matrix printer that applies pressure to keep the paper from slipping. If a multiple-copy paper is used, the platen gap can be adjusted to the thickness of the paper.

A logical representation of a networked printer’s functionality. To use a printer, clients must have access to the printer queue.

Solid-ink printers use solid sticks of ink rather than toner or ink cartridges. Solid-ink printers produce high-quality images. The ink sticks are nontoxic and can be handled safely.

printer network interface card

Adapter that the printer uses to access the network media.

Operating system process that sends documents to be printed to a buffer instead of sending them immediately to the printer. 

Type of nonimpact printer that generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against heat-sensitive paper.

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a term used to brand wireless local-area network devices

Central part of the laser printer that acquires the toner to be printed on paper.

form characters and graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper

prints images by striking an inked ribbon with a tiny wire pin. 

Grid of tiny pins in a dot-matrix printer that strike an inked printer ribbon to produce images on paper.

When the printer needs to print a character, it sends a signal to the mechanism that contains the wheel

near-letter quality (NLQ)

Designation for dot-matrix printers that use 24-pin printheads.

Use ink-filled cartridges to spray ink onto page through nozzles.

Small container of ink for inkjet printers.

is a measure of the quality of the output from the printer

measures speed of the printer

Uses roll of heat sensitive plastic film embedded with dyes which are vaporized and then solidfied onto specially coated paper to create a high quality image

Printer that generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against heat-sensitive paper.

Laser printers are used in many workplaces because they are quiet, they print a large number of sheets very quickly and they produce high quality documents.

They print in the same way as photocopiers by using Powdered ink, called 'Toner'.

The cartridge for a laser printer that contains both the medium (toner) and other printing components.

aluminum cylinder coated with particles of photosensitive compounds. Used in a laser printer and usually contained within the toner cartridge.

Component inside laser printers that uses light to make the coating of the photosensitive drum conductive.

What is the primary corona wire / primary charge roller?

This wire (or charge roller in newer laser printers) is close but never touches the drum. At extremely high voltages it surrounds the drum with an electrical field (a corona) that enables voltage to pass to the drum and charge the particles on its surface. A "primary grid" regulates the transfer of voltage and ensures the drum surface receives a uniform negative voltage of 600~1000 volts.

thin wire, usually protected by other thin wires, that applies a positive charge to the paper during the laser printing process, drawing the negatively charged toner particles off the drum and onto the paper.

Newer printers accomplish the same feat as transfer corona using a transfer roller that draws the toner onto the paper

Device used to remove a static charge.

mechanism in laser printers that uses two rollers to fuse toner to paper during the print process.

A type of printer that uses sticks or blocks of solid ink. The ink is melted and then jetted onto the paper as the paper passes by on a drum

What type of printer that generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against heat sensitive paper?

Which printer produces text and graphics on paper without actually striking the paper?

Which of the following is a printer that creates characters and drawings on paper by hitting a mechanism against an inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper?

How does an inkjet printer forms characters and graphics?