There are three types of printers: needle, inkjet and laser. Although using different printing technologies, all receive the same information from the PC and use, usually the same ports for connection. When unpacking the printer, you should read carefully before connecting instructions it because there may be components, such as paper feed which must be fixed before starting.
When the printer is fully assembled, connected to the output of a particular PC, usually marked with LPT1 or Printer, and then connect the cable from the wall outlet.
Windows use special programs called drivers to translate the image you see on the monitor screen printer understandable information. Before starting to print, you must make sure that Windows is installed right driver for that printer. By choosing Printer Control Panel shows you which programs are installed and whether the information printed is transmitted through the correct port.
The printer will work with any program running under Windows.
Printer buttons
While some printers are fully guided by on screen program, most have large buttons that indicate the current process of printing and printer data .. Try every button on the printer to understand what does. Power button is usually located behind the printer.Close the printer the job done.
Ø Clean button clean toner.
Ø Pressing the reset button is equivalent to stopping and then restarting printing and is useful when a problem like grip of the paper wrong. Once the paper trail was released, pressing this button will cause the electronic printer is running again.
Ø button Load / Eject Paper insert or retrieve paper from the printer.
Ø Keys Font / Mode activates the internal characters of the printer – print style and overall quality of printing. These buttons usually affects only written work in programs running in DOS. Windows removes or ignores data enabled these buttons.
Ø Status button is positioned in the open position (Open) or in the closed position (Close). Open means that the printer is ready to receive and print information received from the PC was disconnected.
Ø Install print cartridges cartridge fixing levers removed allowing access to it.
Ø Alignment Test (test line) start the test, to ensure that the cartridge is good position.
Ø Quality button positioned on the Draft (economic) or quality. This means you can print the sample, ie the draft to save time and ink or “the clear” where the point is better quality.
Choose your printer
• Needle printers using thin needles to stick into an inked ribbon to print the image on paper. If you have a printer with these results will be mediocre. They actually use the principle of using the typewriter and tape it. These printers are Cheap and easy to use. Printers with 9 needles are not good enough for Windows. The needles 24 are to successfully print on Windows. Big disadvantage is that they are very noisy.
• Inkjet Printers threw small drops of ink on paper and printed up the picture. They print better than the needle, not much more expensive and are silent. Colour inkjet printers are only slightly more expensive than black and white, but colour may be the strength of your application. Colour photos will be printed acceptable, but not in standard journals. Worth where you use colours that will look good, ie when small fragments of text or highlight text, and especially for a photo.
• Laser printers print out the best quality, but are more expensive, are easy to use.
The paper is all
Quality work is influenced by the quality of paper used. If you work on a special project and would like to look as good as possible, you should buy printer paper specially designed for water you have. It is a type of paper for inkjet printers and other laser printers. Such images are rendered more clearly. The paper is a continuous diversification: There are schools with elegant borders, resembling diplomas or certificates, inserts, cotton sheets, textured sheets separate sheets of attractive colours. All these can be used to make a lot of interesting projects.
