Electromagnetic component of a printer that delivers heat
Printhead
·
electromagnetic
component of a printer that delivers heat, impacts, or ink to the paper.
Raster image
·
data that is
translated into dots on a page.
Postscript
·
printer page
description language commonly used in the desktop publishing industry.
Toner
·
tiny, plasticized
pellets that are sensitive to static charges that can be attracted to the
paper, heated, and then fused to the paper.
photosensitive drum
·
cylinder coated with
material that changes its electrostatic charge when struck with light.
Centronics
·
36-pin connector used
on old laser and impact printers.
DPI
·
printer resolution
measurement.
transfer roller
·
charged rubber
cylinder that rolls against paper so the paper will attract toner from the
drum.
GDI
·
Microsoft API responsible
for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to printers and
monitors.
Laser
·
tightly-focused,
amplified light beam.
ink cartridge
·
container of liquid
pigment that is sprayed onto paper.
thermal printer
·
type of printer that uses
heat on chemically-sensitive paper to create text and images.
transfer corona
·
statically charged ire
that imparts its charge onto paper so the paper will attract toner from the
drum.
PCL
·
page description
language developed by Hewlett Packard.
dot-matrix printer
·
type of printer that
impacts a set of dots using print wires to press the inked ribbon against the
paper.
parallel port
·
computer or printer
port that carries data to the printer simultaneously on multiple wires.
Printwire
·
stiff pin that springs
out from a pinhead to strike an inked ribbon and transfer ink to the paper.
erase lamp
·
ultra-violet light
used to eliminate static charges on the laser printer drum.
static charge
eliminator
·
contract that draw
electrostatic charge from the paper after the charge is no longer needed in the
printing process.
network printer
·
hard-copy output
device that can be accessed by multiple users on a LAN.
toner cartridge
·
removable
electromagnetic casing for a laser printer that holds the photosensitive drum
and the print media.
maintenance kit
·
collection of
replacement components used to renew worn-out parts in a printer.
print spooler
·
process that splits a
data stream from an application to a print queue and then to the print device.
primary corona
·
wire set close to the
photosensitive drum that imparts a high negative charge on the drum.
fuser assembly
·
pair of heated rollers
that cause toner to liquefy and secure the paper.
laser printer
·
device that converts
light streams on a photosensitive drum into text ad mages on paper.
inkjet printer
·
printer that sprays
tiny droplets of pigment to form dots, text, and images.
impact printer
·
category of printer
that uses pressure to force ink onto a page.
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