Multifunction printers have copy, fax, scan and printing capabilities all built into one piece of hardware. They are also called All-In-One printers. Multifunction printers are not much bigger than regular desktop printers. They can potentially replace up to four other machines: printer, scanner, photocopier, and fax. Multifunction printers are also kept as backup in case other machines fail. Multifunction printers have many advantages, but they also have some drawbacks. The ink cartridges are expensive, and the resolution of the printer and scanner is relatively poor. This is especially true for Read More

With color printers, it has become much easier to print pictures that have a considerable amount of quality to them. On top of that, now that there is inexpensive picture paper available, the quality of picture that can be printed is even greater. So long as the printer is of a good enough quality that it can handle specific details, the pictures that come out of it will look intense. Printing Pictures The first step is to open the Windows Photo Gallery program. You can find this under all programs. Read More

Inkjet printers contain hundreds of parts all working together to put millions of microscopic dots onto paper. There are five main components of an inkjet printer: print head, paper feeder, circuit board, power supply, and the case. Of these, the print head and paper feeder are the most interesting. The Print Head The print head contains an array of microscopic nozzles that fire drops of ink onto the paper. In some cheap printers, the print head is not even part of the printer, but part of the ink cartridge. There Read More

Printers have become a must household item that many computer companies have packaged computers with inexpensive printers. However, despite the fact these printers were being shipped with a specific computer, these printers can be installed on any other computer as well. Therefore, knowing how to install a printer is important. While it is straight forward, it can be confusing on how to configure it to the specific computer. How to Install a Printer Find a suitable place for the printer and set it up there so that the cables can Read More

A printer that will not connect and/or displays the “Printer Offline” error message can be a nuisance, especially if the user has tried everything he/she can think of in order to fix it. Fortunately, users have several techniques at their disposal to repair this problem.   Ensure that Cables are Connected Although this is the first thing most users do, the user should ensure that all of his/her printer’s cables are connected to the computer. Most users tend to simply check to see if his/her cables are connected to the Read More

When a printer isn’t used often, sometimes the ink dries up inside the cartridge and this results in it not working properly. Using the print cleaning option under utility can often times work in cleaning the cartridge, but at times, it doesn’t always do the trick. After trying five or six times to clean it that way, you’ll need to do it manually. Fortunately, this is an inexpensive process that requires rubbing alcohol and water. The first step is to take hot water and submerge the cartridge. Allow it to Read More

When a document or other item is printed to a file instead of a local or networked printer, it allows the file to be saved in a format that can be used by a different printer. Information such as page and line breaks, font spacing, and other layout information is saved when printing a document to a file. This allows the printer to reproduce the version of the file that the end-user sees on the screen without having to have access to the software application or computer that created the Read More

Printer calibration helps the printer to replicate a more accurate copy of what is seen on a computer screen. Printer calibration is needed to ensure that the printed image comes out as colorful and vibrant as it was on the monitor. Without printer calibration, the printed images’ colors could easily come out faded, dull, or incorrect. The monitor that is being used to view the pre-printed image should also be adjusted to ensure the most accurate print-out possible. The printed colors may be incorrect for several different reasons: Color Reproduction Read More

An impact printer is one that depends on a forceful impact to transfer ink to a material such as a t-shirt, sign, or sheet of paper. Impact printers differ from digital, inkjet, and inkless printers as it actually collides with the material itself. Typewriters, industrial printers, and daisy wheel printers are all forms of impact printers. Impact printers have many uses although they have generally been considered obsolete since the introduction of more modern printing techniques. How Impact Printers Work In a typical impact printer, a mesh, cloth, or ridged Read More

Are you experiencing problems with your printing queue? Perhaps you’ve got a whole bunch of print jobs in the spooler (printing queue) and a single print job has gone bad, freezing the entire queue. Or maybe you just want to know, for future reference, how you can cancel any print job that you’ve started? How to Clear Print Jobs from within the Typical Printing Queue Interface Firstly, open up the Devices and Printers interface. This can be found in the Hardware and Sound section of the Control Panel. Right-click on Read More