Description

Summary: In this online learning course, you explore the fundamentals of printing, scanning, and faxing in Windows Vista including architecture, security, drivers, and services. It also includes a treatment of XPS print path, EMF data format, GDI print model, special security groups, Internet Printing, TWAIN, OCR, and AT modem commands. In addition, these fundamental concepts are reinforced in a virtual machine-based lab where you use utilities to examine the process of printing, scanning, and faxing.

Audience: Home and Office Users
Available Offline: Yes
Subscription: 12 months

Course Type: Self-paced Course
Estimated Time of Completion: 2 Hours
Language: English

Description:
In this online course, you explore the fundamentals of printing, scanning, and faxing in Windows Vista including architecture, security, drivers, and services. It also includes a treatment of XPS print path, EMF data format, GDI print model, special security groups, Internet Printing, TWAIN, OCR, and AT modem commands. In addition, these fundamental concepts are reinforced in a virtual machine-based lab where you use utilities to examine the process of printing, scanning, and faxing. This online learning course is one of several courses that focus on Windows Vista technologies. It is composed of a rich multimedia experience coupled with comprehensive technical labs. It is intended for IT Professionals who must implement or support Windows Vista.

This course also helps you prepare to become a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP).

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Examine how Windows communicates with printers.
• Examine how Windows retrieves and manages images from scanners.
• Examine the Fax and Scan application in Windows.

Technical Requirements

To view this course, you need:

• A Pentium II, 256 MB RAM with a processor speed greater than or equal to 400 MHZ
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or higher
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Macromedia Flash 7.0 or higher (1MB disk space needed to install)
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher
• Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 or higher
• A Super VGA monitor with minimum screen resolution 1024x768, with 16-bit color.
• A sound card, and either speakers or headphones (for multi-media audio).
• Internet bandwidth of 56K or faster. Broadband internet access is recommended.
For courses containing Virtual Server-based labs (courses in the IT Professional and Developer Catalog), you will need:
• Microsoft Virtual Server ActiveX control (1MB disk space needed to install)

Accessibility Requirements

The following software must be running on your computer in order to access this course with Screen Reader Software:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Window-Eyes from GW Micro
• JAWS from Freedom Scientific
• MSAA enabled