Which of these technologies can connect a PC to a printer wirelessly using line-of-sight communication?
A) Bluetooth
B) 802.11
C) Parallel
D) IrDA
E) If it’s an inkjet printer, would the jet part be wireless?
The answer: D) IrDA
IrDA (Infrared Data Association) is a wireless standard that uses infrared light to network devices together. Due to the nature of infrared, the infrared ports must be able to communicate directly in a line of sight without anything else blocking the signal.
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