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Laser printers are older forms of technology than the inkjet. They have a very high volume output and their low cost per page make them conducive to business use, although they are certainly used in homes as well. In businesses where performance, durability and output are important, they can certainly live up to their quality reputation. A quality printer can service those important needs. Therefore, the technology of a laser printer is held in high regard in business and industry.
Laser printers have similar technologies as the photocopiers. As in a photocopier, they operate when mechanical rollers and gears pull a piece of paper from a paper tray, then though another roller, at which time the paper is infused with an electrostatic charge. The paper then passes through an inverse printing drum and is scanned by a laser that produces the print contents across the drum and discharges the drum at places that correspond to the text and image points. The laser then receives the print information from the laser printer’s microprocessor and the processor creates “bitmap” images and directs the laser to produce a reproduction into the drum. The charge of the paper reacts with the inversely charged drum as it passes through and the paper is then passed through fusing rollers. These rollers heat the paper and melt the toner onto the paper. The paper then leaves the printer as a final copy.
Part of an emerging technology are the color laser printers. These printers contain technological features of both laser and inkjet printers and are combined into a multi-functional printer.
The basis for this technology is the conventional monochrome laser printing, but used with extra technologies that are needed to color images and documents. Color printers use a combination of CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) toner and plain black toner.
The color printers function when the print drum rotates each color and lays the toner down, either one color at a time or all four colors at once, onto a plate. The paper then passes through the drum, and as it does, the image is transferred onto the paper. The color toner is bonded to the paper utilizing fuser oil and the heated fusing rolls. This function also provides various degrees of gloss to the finished product.
The toner for the printers come in cartridges that are normally replaced when necessary, although some models do use refillable cartridges. Color l printers need one toner cartridge for each of the four main colors, as well as fuser oils to bond the toner onto the paper. Also needed are waste toner bottles to catch any toner that may be spilled over during the printing process. As a result of these extra features on color lprinters, cost is a factor. However, the cartridges normally last for 6000 printed pages which is greater than for comparable inkjet printers. An advantage of color printers over many other color printers is that standard photocopy paper can be used. However, if you need a high quality image, you should use glossy paper as the finished product will look more professional.