4.0 Printers

4.1 Explain the differences between the various printer types and summarize the associated imaging process.

• Laser
  • Imaging drum, fuser assembly, transfer belt, transfer roller, pickup rollers, separate pads, duplexing assembly
  • Imaging process: processing, charging, exposing, developing, transferring, fusing and cleaning
• Inkjet
  • Ink cartridge, print head, roller, feeder, duplexing assembly, carriage and belt
  • Calibration
• Thermal
  • Feed assembly, heating element
  • Special thermal paper
• Impact
  • Print head, ribbon, tractor feed
  • Impact paper

4.2 Given a scenario, install, and configure printers.

• Use appropriate printer drivers for a given operating system
• Print device sharing
  • Wired
    • USB
    • Parallel
    • Serial
    • Ethernet
  • Wireless
    • Bluetooth
    • 802.11x
    • Infrared (IR)
  • Printer hardware print server
• Printer sharing
  • Sharing local/networked printer via Operating System settings

4.3 Given a scenario, perform printer maintenance.

• Laser
  • Replacing toner, applying maintenance kit, calibration, cleaning
• Thermal
  • Replace paper, clean heating element, remove debris
• Impact
  • Replace ribbon, replace print head, replace paper