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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Installing and Sharing Printers

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this technology worksheet, students practice installing and sharing a printer access across the network system. This includes monitoring and changing configurations.
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Website
Other

Hewlett Packard: Current Board of Directors for Hp

For Students 9th - 10th
HP provides brief career profiles for each member of their current board of directors.
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Website
PC Technology Guide

Pc Tech Guide: Inkjet Printers

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative document on inkjet printers. Includes operation, thermal technology, piezo-electric technology, color management, and illustrations.
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Website
Other

Epson America: Welcome to Epson North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what's new, get info on all the various EPSON products, and go to other EPSON sites. You can also find out about job opportunities, and general corporation information.
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Handout
Other

Output: Printer Features

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information about printer features. It includes speed, paper type, print quality, print styles, and cable features.
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Handout
Other

Output: Printer Types

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information about different types of printers and their advantages and disadvantages. It includes impact printers, non-impact printers, and choosing a printer.
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Website
PC Technology Guide

Other Printers

For Students 9th - 10th
A document about different types of printers, including solid ink, dye-sublimation, thermo autochrome, thermal wax, and dot matrix printers, with illustrations.
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Handout
Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Computer Printers

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete guide to computer printers including printers ABCs, types of printers, printer characteristics, printer interfaces, printer fonts, printer resolution, printer memory, printer definitions, and printer troubleshooting.
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Handout
Other

Why Braille?: Shopping for Your First Braille Printer

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting article on braille printers and the software to publish with. This site discusses how braille came about, how it works and why we use it.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Peripheral

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia includes a basic definition for what a computer peripheral is. Also distinguished are items that are considered peripherals and items that are not. Links are provided for additional information.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Computer Printer

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikpedia offers an excellent definition of the term, "computer printer," including a hyperlinked table of contents and hyperlinked terms.
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Handout
Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Computer Printer Drivers

For Students 9th - 10th
A useful chart containing computer printer drivers from different companies. Also answers the question "How to determine what type of printer I have"?
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Laser Printers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students will learn about laser printers. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the hardware components associated with information systems.