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Witness statement
Learner name		Lee Kennedy
Qualification		BTEC National 1st certificate in IT
Unit number and title		Unit 2.2 computer systems.
Assignment		P5 set up a standalone computer system, installing hardware and software components [SM3]
Description of activity undertaken (please be as specific as possible)
After making a successful start in your role as an IT trainer for the IT Support Department of RS Components, you have been have been asked to prepare training material of a more advanced and practical kind. Before you are allowed to do this you are required to prove your abilities in hardware and software upgrades. Task Achieved Date achieved Connect a monitor to a computer Yes 19/05/2014 Connect a keyboard to a computer Yes 19/05/2014 Connect a mouse to a computer Yes 19/05/2014 Demonstrate where the graphics card is installed Yes 19/05/2014 Install MS Office 2003 Yes 19/05/2014 Install MS security essentials Yes 19/05/2014 Create a user account Yes 19/05/2014 Configure system software, application software and documents Yes 19/05/2014
Assessment and grading criteria
P5 set up a standalone computer system, installing hardware and software components [SM3] For P5, learners must install at least one hardware and one software component in a stand-alone system. This is best evidenced with a witness statement or observation record and screen shots. Learners must use suitable safety equipment/tools and pay due regard to health and safety issues.
How the activity meets the requirements of the assessment and grading criteria, including how and where the activity took place
In IV5 I witnessed Lee connect a monitor to a computer, connect a keyboard to a computer and then connect a mouse to a computer. He then demonstrated where the graphics card is installed. He then proceeded to install MS Office 2003. He also installed MS Security Essentials. He created a user account and also configured the system software, the application software as well as the documents.
Witness name	Paul Wray		Job role	Student
Witness signature	P.Wray		Date	19/05/2014
Assessor name	P. Wilkinson
Assessor signature	P.Wilkinson		Date	19/05/2014

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Describe and evaluate the on-going developments in these printing/output techniques

1.       Vinyl cutters – a vinyl cutter is a computer controlled machine and can be used for many of different things. Over the years, vinyl cutters have developed massively. Firstly, the vinyl would have to be changed every time to a different colour that was desired. This would have been very costly indeed. Although, in recent years, you are able to print onto white vinyl and in any colour that is desired. Also, different cutter heads have been made to use on different types of vinyl due to the cutter heads wearing down quickly. The machines have now been made to cut at a higher/faster speed. A good example of this would be the craftROBO silhouette as this has a cutting speed of 600mm/s.

Laser cutters – a laser cutter is a form of technology that uses a light grade laser to cut materials. They are used on many materials such as wood and plastic in industrial manufacturing. Over the years, laser cutters have developed massively. They are now able to cut onto a wider range of materials such as rubber, foam, plastic, leather etc. The newer laser cutters also have a positioning accuracy of 10 micrometres and repeatability of 5 micrometres. A good example of this would be Speedy 300 as it has a high standard of quality, performance and reliability. It is also able to cut onto different materials and can work at a speed and immensely accurate cutting over varied sized working fields.

2.       Inkjet printing – inkjet printing is a type of computer printing. It drops small amounts of ink onto paper, plastic and other materials to create a digital image. A typical inkjet printer will provide a resolution of around 300 dots per inch. However, over the years, inkjet printers have been developed to offer higher resolutions, print onto several different materials rather than just paper and able to print onto various sized materials.

Wide format printing – wide format printing is usually accepted as any printer with a print width of 1 inch to 100 inches to which tends to be used to print banners, posters and general signage. Over the years, wide format printing has been changed for the better due to the quality and quantity of the image production has improved massively. One of the biggest improvements was the printing time. An good example would be Roland Soljet Pro 4 XR/XF because the printing speed is up to 102 metres squared per hour. The rollers have been developed as they use 16 pinch rollers and grit rollers to hold the media in place to stop any distortion of the image. A heating unit has also been developed to make sure that there is an even temperature distributed across the whole image so that it dries quick and minimises any running of the image. 

3.       Laser printers – laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process that produces high quality text and graphics by passing a laser beam over a charged drum to form a differentially charged image to which, the drum will collect charged toner and transfer the image to the paper which will be heated to fix the image. This type of printer is better to be used for printing leaflets and flyers. Over the years, laser printers have changed as they are now able to print onto different materials and different sized materials. The speed has also been developed as a monochrome laser printer use to be able to print 8 pages per minute in comparison to now which can print 30-35 pages per minute. A colour laser printer use to be able to print 12-25 pages per minute in comparison to now which has a speed of 25-35 pages per minute. A good example of this would be the Lexmark X864de Multifunction printer as it prints up to A3 and can print up to a speed of 55 pages per minute, this means that the first page can be printed out as fast as 6.5 seconds. It also offers a high print resolution at 1200x1200 dpi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_printing

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Describe and evaluate the on-going developments in these printing/output techniques

1.   Vinyl cutters – a vinyl cutter is a computer controlled machine. This can be used for a range of things such as signs, cutting out text and other such tasks. Over the years, vinyl cutters have developed massively as at first, if wanting to use blue vinyl or red vinyl, that specific colour would have to be used and changed every time someone would want to use a different colour. This would have been very costly indeed. However, in more recent years, you are now able to print onto vinyl, meaning now you can just use white vinyl and print onto it in any colour you wish. They were also quite slow machines, however, now if you were to buy a more affluent vinyl cutter, it tends to cut at quite a fast pace in comparison to a cheaper machine and will cut at a slower speed. A vinyl cutter to which has a high speed when cutting is craftROBO silhouette - with a cutting speed of 600 mm/s in all directions. There are now also different cutter heads for different types of vinyl – this is because the cutter heads wear down quickly so now they use different materials cutters.

Laser cutters – a laser cutter is piece of technology that uses a light grade laser to cut out materials. They tend to be used for industrial manufacturing applications such as wood and plastics but now are starting to be used in schools and small businesses.  Over the years, laser cutters have developed a huge amount as they can be used for a lot of different materials now such as rubber, foam, plastic, leather, paper, stone, wood and glass – this broadens the uses of this machine. Also, new laser cutters have a positioning accuracy of 10 micrometres and repeatability of 5 micrometres. An example of this would be Speedy 300 - as this is ideal due to its high standard of quality, performance and reliability; it is able to etch to photographic detail at speeds of 3.5 metres a second – the fastest Bench top engraving computing system in the world. It is capable of working at speed and immensely accurate cutting over various sized working fields. The ‘S300’ is also available with laser powers from 30 Watts to 120 Watts.  It can also cut onto several different materials.

2.   Inkjet printing – inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that will create a digital image by dropping small amounts of ink onto paper, plastic or other materials. This printer is the most commonly used. A typical inkjet printer which is more basic than the modern up to date versions will provide a resolution of around 300 dots per inch. Since its creation, inkjet printers have developed as some of newer models offer higher resolutions rather than the standard 300 dots per inch. Inkjet printers originally, could only print onto paper, but now they are able to print onto different types and sizes of paper, plastics, card, t-shirts and many more materials.

Wide format printing – wide format printing is generally accepted to be any printer with a print width between 1 inches and 100 inches.  This is used to print banners, posters and general signage. Over the years, wide format printing has significantly developed as the quality and quantity of image production has improved drastically – one of the serious improvements being the decrease in printing time. An example of this would be Roland SolJet Pro 4 XR/XF as this has a printing speed up to 102 meters squares per hour. It delivers what is expected at high standard and great speed. It also features 16 pinch rollers and redesigned grit rollers which holds media in place to prevent any distortion of the image. The heating unit ensures that an even temperature is distributed across the width of the image so that it dries quickly and minimizes risk of ink running and spoiling the image.

3.   Laser printers – laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process that rapidly produces high quality text and graphics by passing a laser beam over a charged drum to define a differentially charged image, the drum will then collect charged toner and transfers the image to the paper which is then heated to permanently fix the image. A laser printer doesn’t require any ink as it uses toner. However, laser printers are better for printing text so this would be well suited for printing leaflets and flyers. Over the years, laser printers have changed as they are able to print onto various materials and various sizes.  The printing speed has changed massively over the years as a monochrome laser printer (print in one colour) use to print 8  pages per minute - to which, now is 30-35 pages per minute. A colour laser printer previously printed 12-25 pages per minute, to which now has a speed of 25-35 pages per minute. An example of this would be the Lexmark X864de Multifunction Printer as it supports up to A3 and delivers a print/copy speed of 55 pages per minute to which can print the first page out as fast as 6.5 seconds. It also has an automatic duplex printing and copying and has two 500 sheet trays. It also offers a high print resolution at 1200x1200 dpi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_printing

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