CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals All-in-One Exam Guide (Exam FC0-U41)

CHAPTER 11Printers

In this chapter, you will learn how to

• Explain the characteristics and functions of printers

• Demonstrate the ability to set up a printer

• Demonstrate green printing practices

If you stop and think about it, you might realize how incredible printers are. You’re taking something that only exists as 1s and 0s inside a computer and turning it into a physical object that exists in the real world. Printers basically create something out of nothing—a hundred years ago, they would have called that magic.

Besides that, the world needs printing. Businesses couldn’t operate if they didn’t have a way of creating physical copies of documents, and governments across the world would crumble if they didn’t have a way of printing out ...