SECTION 1: HARDWARE 1.8 Printing CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY

FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 1: HARDWARE

1.8 Printing

A. Put the words in the spaces. cartridge collate cover feed double-sided landscape mono out out of portrait jammed print-heads reload replacement via 1 When the ink runs out, you have to change the ____________. ____________ cartridges can be ordered online. To change the cartridge, you have to lift the ____________. The printer is connected to the computer ____________ a USB cable. The printer is ____________ paper. ____________ the paper tray. I think some paper is ____________ inside the printer. My printer keeps getting jammed. I think there's a problem with the paper ____________. Shall I print this ____________ in colour or black and white? "Black and white" is also known as ____________. If there's a problem with the print quality, perhaps the ____________ need cleaning. Can your printer do ____________ printing? To ____________ means to put all the pages into the correct order. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 B. Which type of printer is each sentence about? Inkjet printer Laser printer 1 cheaper to buy cheaper to run faster printing speed takes up more space uses liquid ink uses toner more reliable cartridges need changing more often √ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C. True or false? 1 Inkjet cartridges can be refilled up to three times. Colour images are printed by mixing red, green and yellow ink. "ppm" stands for pages per minute. Most inkjet printers can print out at 100 ppm or more. Inkjet cartridges are very difficult to change. Photo-paper is a lot more expensive than plain paper. Recycled paper is made out of old bottles. Some Inkjet printers have three print qualities: draft, normal and best. Before you can use a new printer, you have to install the driver from a CD-ROM. When a print job has started, it can't be cancelled. TRUE/FALSE 2 TRUE/FALSE 3 TRUE/FALSE 4 TRUE/FALSE 5 TRUE/FALSE 6 TRUE/FALSE 7 TRUE/FALSE 8 TRUE/FALSE 9 TRUE/FALSE 10 TRUE/FALSE

ANSWER KEY

1.8 Printing A: 1 cartridge, 2 replacement, 3 cover, 4 via, 5 out of / reload, 6 jammed, 7 feed, 8 out, 9 mono, 10 printheads (or print nozzles), 11 double-sided (or two-sided), 12 collate, 13 portrait, 14 landscape B: 2 laser, 3 laser, 4 laser, 5 inkjet, 6 laser, 7 laser, 8 inkjet C: 1 T, 2 F (the colours are cyan, magenta, yellow and black), 3 T, 4 F (they're much slower than that), 5 F, 6 T, 7 F, 8 T, 9 T, 10 F