Archive for March, 2010
Mbps-data transfers on your PC
by Malvin Harding on Mar.18, 2010, under Uncategorized
| USB | 1.1 | 12Mbps |
| 2.0 | 480Mbps | |
| 3.0 | 4.8Gbps | |
| Ilink | 1394/a | 400mbps |
| 1394/b | 800mbps | |
| Ethernet | 802.3 | 10/100/1000Mbps |
| wi-fi | 802.11 | A=54Mbps |
| B= 11Mbps | ||
| G=54Mbps | ||
| N=540Mbps | ||
| Bluetooth | 1.0 | 1Mbps |
| 2.1 | 2.1Mbps |
These are the network connectional speeds of which a computer may transfer data, I hope it is of use.
lexmark x3350 printer (unfinished)
by Malvin Harding on Mar.17, 2010, under Uncategorized
step 1:When starting the installation of your computer make sure you install the driver that would notify the computer that your printer is plugged in and operational.
Step2: To locate the driver find a legal website that actually has information about the printer and allows you to install the driver for the printer of which you are going to use. then you should locate and establish the type of driver you are going to install.
step 3: After establishing which driver you are going to download, the download process should automatically start itself ( according to the website used) if it does not start itself, then you must find information that should indicate a way for you to start the download process manually.
step 4: Allow the Download process to start and continue, no problems should arise at any point.
step 5: Once the download process as completed the download window should have an option that allows you to run the program, click on that and another window should come up that will be explained below.
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step 9: this area starts the run of the software necessary for the driver to operate properly.
step 10: this window should then appear which enables you to uninstall the previous driver that may have been used before the installation of this new driver.
step 11: in general for any program being installed a license and agreement window should come up stating the terms and conditions that are used in place with the software. It is the choice of the operator of the software weather they want to read through the license agreement, but if no reading is required just click I agree.
step 12: the computer may then notify you about the firewalls created that is required for the product to function.
step 13: while going through the process of installation the computer may establish that a software has already been installed within the computer, the computer then may give you an option to update the existing driver, or install another driver, it is recommended that the previous software is updated.
step 14:an overall install process should start allow this to run and complete its final installation.
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Printers, New and Old
by Malvin Harding on Mar.10, 2010, under Uncategorized
As we all know printers are used at home and in the work space. They basically just produce paper copies of electronic files.
There are many different makes of printers today, but although they are different makes they all use 2 or three different
techniques in order to make the printed copies we use so much today. Some groups are;
- laser printers: these use a technique called electrophotographic thechnology, this uses a laser which etches an image or word file anto a drum within the cartridge, this then has dry ink rolled into it and rolled onto the pages. A laser printer has 4 cartridges, black, yellow, blue ( AKA cyan) and red (AKA magneta). These colours can be mixed to create a whole range of colours.
- Inkjet printers: this differently uses a technique called electrostatic spray technology,
- Dot matrix printers: these use impact technology
PPM this is a way of knowing how many pages a printer prints a minuite, hence the name PPM meaning Pages Per Minuite;
- A laser printer would print from 8- 200 ppm
- An inkjet on the other hand would print from 2-6 ppm
An important fact is that the price of a printer is based around the capacity and speed of a printer.
A printer produces colour using a method called subtractive mixing. this is when four computer primary colours are used ( Black, magneta, cyan and yellow) to create a wide range of colours.
A cool fact is that picture quality is measured in Dots Per Inch ( DPI) the more dots that can be fitted in a single in the better the quality of an image, thats a technique behind the ever so famous, High Definition, htis would be made up of a large amont of dots put into a single Inch giveing a great resolution.
The TCO ( total cost of ownership) includes;
- Initial purchase price
- Cost supplies such as paper and ink
- Price per page
- Maintenance cost
- warranty costs
- the amount of material to be printed
The factors of reliablility include;
- warranty
- scheduled servicing
- mean time before failures
All these are all taken into account before a pruduct would be put for sale, when these are considered it would help the creator have a slight idea of what would be the ideal price of an object.















