Laser Printers are commonly used printers
that are known for its rapid printing abilities. The other marked feature of a laser printer is
the high quality text and graphics printing. It works basically on the principle of the xerographic
printing process. However, it is
different from the analog photocopying machines in which the image produced is
the result of direct scan of a laser beam on the photoreceptor of the printer.
Using a laser printer has a number of
advantages over any other types of printers available. The speed of a laser
printer varies from one model to another as it depends on a number of factors
like the graphic intensity required in processing the job and others. The latest models of laser printers can print more
than 200 single monochrome pages in one minute, which is more than 12 thousand
pages in an hour! The color laser
printers are relatively slower, but even they can print at more than 100 pages
per minute. The high speed laser
printers are generally used for printing of mass mailings like utility or
credit card bills etc.
The cost incurred in using the laser printing technology is dependent on more than one feature such as the cost of
the toner, paper, once in a while replacement of the drum, and change required
in other consumable parts of the printer like paper feed system rollers, the
transfer assembly and the fuser assembly. Laser printers having drums made of soft
plastic can be costlier in the long run than one can comprehend; its high
overall cost becomes apparent only when the printer requires a drum
replacement.
Another feature in the family of laser
printers is the duplexing model. This
allows printing on both sides of a paper without the need to remove the paper
at all. This technology can cut paper
cost directly into half and also lessen the filling volumes. Formerly, the duplexing technology was
available only on the high-end laser printers. However, now they can be seen on a number of
mid-range office laser printers. Although, the duplexing technology can reduce
the printing speed to some extent as the paper path length increases.
The dot-matrix and inkjet printers take the
incoming spooled data for the printer and directly print that on the paper
making it a slow process which can stop as soon as the printer is waiting for
more data. On the other hand, a laser
printer cannot work this way, the reason being the large amount of data
required to output to the printer in a continuous fashion. The printer cannot wait for data arrival and
if that happens, there can be gaps and misalignment on the page.
To take care of the above problem, a
printer buffer is used. The data is
built up and kept in the large printer buffer that is generally present in the
printer. This data bank is large enough
to account for every single dot that can be printed on a page. However, this requirement of storing the dots
in the memory before printing can begin which has limited the printing
capability of laser printers to small size like 8.5x11 or 8.5x14. Most laser printer cannot print long banners
as there is no memory to hold that amount of data.
The printing takes place in seven steps. A
Raster Image Processor scans the entire page line by line and stores a bitmap
of the page in the raster memory. The drum is then charged negatively and the
bitmap is written on the photosensitive drum using a laser beam whose
functionality is dependent on the bitmap image. The charged toner particles are
charged negatively and wherever the laser has not discharged the drum, the
charges will repel and printing won`t take place, hence creating the required
print out. The toner contains a plastic powder that is attracted to the parts
where the laser beam hit and in the end the plastic powder is fused at 200
degree Celsius to bond the ink with the paper.
Correct-Tek Copier Service
1514 E. Waverly Ct.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004 US
Tel: 847-398-5212
Mobile: 847-398-5212
Email: ctcopier@sbcglobal.net
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