Printer Characteristics and Types

If you wanted to print on both sides of a page, which of the following settings is responsible?

• Collate

• Orientation

• Duplex

• Transparency

You are having trouble printing via a network printer, which is connected via a printer server, how would you correct this issue?

• Replace the USB cable

• Reinstall the drivers on your PC

• Restart your PC

• Clear the Printer Queue

Answer explanation

A print queue gives users printer management capabilities to facilitate control of print queue operations like pausing, resuming or cancelling jobs. Some print queues allow users to prioritize print jobs and change the order of a queue.

A print queue generally displays the following information:

Document Name: Shows the file name of the print job

Status: Indicates the status of the print job

Owner: Shows the user, which is helpful in a shared network printing environment

Pages: Shows the total number of printed pages

Size: Shows the printed document size, usually in KB

Submitted: Shows the date and timestamp of a pending or printed document

Port: Shows the printer port

You have purchased a wireless printer and set it up in your office. You install all the necessary software for the printer on the computer and connect it to the guest wireless network. However, when you attempt to print to the printer, nothing happens. Solve the issue.

• Set your computer up to act as a printer server

• Configure the printer to use Internet Printing Protocol

• Ensure your computer is set to use DHCP

• Connect the printer to your company wireless network

A printer stops working for your company and is beyond repair. Another tech has ordered another one, you have been tasked with allowing other users to print to your supervisors printer until the new one arrives. Your supervisor's printer is connected to his computer via USB, and there are no network jacks available on the printer. Which of the following would be a viable solution?

• Create a share on the manager's computer and give the users permissions to the printer

• Install the printer on the users desktops and point it to the current IP address of the printer

• Purchase a wireless printer and allow access

• Provide USB flash drives with the printer mapped

Brandon, a user, recently purchased a new multifunction printer and attempts to install it himself. He informed you, the tech, that the printer was on the list of available printers in Windows, but is unable to print. You as the tech see that under Devices and Printers in Control Panel, the device is represented as a generic device. What should you do?

• Reboot the computer to safe mode and troubleshoot the issue

• Download the correct drivers from the manufacturers website.

• Unplug the USB cable from the printer and try another one

• Set the printer as the default in devices and printers

You work for an advertising company. The graphics department reports that the printer will no longer print larger files with graphics. You verify the network speed is greater than 1Gbs. You test and find that the printer does fine printing smaller files. What is the most likely problem?

• The printer needs more RAM

• The print server is timing out

• The users are printing wrong

• The network connection is half duplex

Users report that every time they print they have to choose an output tray for the job. You as the tech verify that the output tray is correctly selected in the print dialog box. Solve this issue as quickly as possible.

• Check the user's account for correct permissions

• Reinstall the correct and updated driver to the print server

• Update the firmware on the devices experiencing the problems

• Update the firmware on the printer

You set up a new printer on the network, you allow for it to obtain an IP address. You record the IP address and actively set up user permissions to print. The following week after power cycling the printer, users report they can no longer print. You have verified all permissions are correct. You print the IP configuration page of the printer and find the IP address has changed. Correct this issue.

• Set up MAC filtering on the switch the printer is connected to

• Set up the users to print using the newly assigned IP address

• Create an IP reservation for the printer on the DHCP server

• Allow for network discovery to occur on the printer

Which printer uses ribbon for printing?

• Ink

• 3D

• Laser

• Impact

Its main advantage is low operating costs and the ability to print several copies on self-copy paper.

• Dot Matrix

• Ink

• Laser

• Thermal