The capabilities of today’s printers / scanners / fax machines is truly impressive. Most modern machines incorporate all three of these devices within one compact frame. Nerds on Call knows that these devices can sometimes be a pain to get running correctly. Nerds on Call can fix these technology-packed devices at our shop, or come to you to see what the problem is and make recommendations or repairs.
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The most common cause of this issue is missing drivers. The drivers are required for the computer to know that the printer exists. Without drivers, or with the wrong ones, the computer has no way to communicate with the printer. In its mind, it isn’t even real.
If your drivers are up to date, any number of problems could keep your printer from functioning properly. You can try replacing the ink cartridges, cleaning the print heads, or turning it off and back on again
An inkjet printer uses very fine squirts of ink to make an image on the page. Inkjet printers have a different cartridge for each color, and mixes them in varying amounts to make all the colors
a cartridge goes inside an inkjet printer and is filled with a sponge. This sponge holds the ink before it is squirted out the bottom.
a laser printer uses toner instead of ink to make images. Laser printers are more expensive to buy, but toner costs much less than ink and can printer much faster
Printer toner consists of tiny particles. When a laser printer prints, it electrically charges these particles to stick to the paper.
