The Printing Process

The printing process consists of steps printer must follow in order to print the data and which are

Printing process starts with click of Print button.
Application software printing from sends the data to be printed to the printer driver.
Printer driver uses a page-description language to convert the data into format that the printer can understand and check about the printer being ready to print.
Printer driver sends the data to the printer via connector (parallel, USB, network, and so on).
Printer spools data and stores it in its onboard buffer.
If the printer is ready to print, the control circuitry activates the paper-feed mechanism to feed in paper sheet and the paper feed sensor, stops the feed until the printhead is in the right position.
In case of error the Out of Paper light is turned on and a message is sent to the computer.
If the paper is positioned properly, the printhead move across the page, printing on the page.
As the page is finished, the eject motor ejects the page from the printer into the output tray. If more pages need to print, printing the next page begins again.
If printing is complete the printhead is parked into rest position and the print process is finished.

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