Computer Support/Hardware/Printer Maintenance

This lesson covers printer maintenance.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the printer maintenance portion of A+ certification include:

Given a scenario, perform appropriate printer maintenance.

• Laser
  • Replacing toner, applying maintenance kit, calibration, cleaning
• Thermal
  • Replace paper, clean heating element, remove debris
• Impact
  • Replace ribbon, replace print head, replace paper
• Inkjet
  • Clean heads, replace cartridges, calibration, clear jams

Readings

1. Wikipedia: Printer (computing)

Multimedia

1. YouTube: Maintaining Laser Printers - CompTIA A+ 220-901 - 1.15
2. YouTube: Maintaining Thermal Printers - CompTIA A+ 220-901 - 1.15
3. YouTube: Maintaining Impact Printers - CompTIA A+ 220-901 - 1.15
4. YouTube: Maintaining Inkjet Printers - CompTIA A+ 220-901 - 1.15