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How Inkjet Printers Work
  • Impact vs. Non-impact
  • Inside an Inkjet Printer
  • Heat vs. Vibration
  • Paper and Ink
  • Refilling Cartridges


    • How Laser Printers Work
  • Static Electricity
  • Drum
  • Fuser
  • The Conversation
  • The Language
  • Setting up the Page
  • The Laser Assembly
  • Writing the Page
  • Toner Basics
  • Applying Toner
  • Color Printers
  • Advantages of a Laser
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  • Apple M5893G/ATonerCartridge
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  • Canon F41-9921-700 (PC850) Toner Cartridge
  • Canon R74-5003-000 (Zantee) Toner Cartridge
  • Canon F41-2302-71 (A30) Toner Cartridge
  • Epson T407011 Black Cartridge
  • Epson S020062 Black Cartridge
  • Epson T041020 Color Cartridge
  • Epson S020110 Color Cartridge
  • Epson T034120 Photo Black Cartridge
  • Hewlett Packard C3900A MICR Toner Cartridge
  • Hewlett Packard C6578A Color Refill Kit
  • Hewlett Packard 51649A Color Refill Kit
  • Hewlett Packard C6658A Photo Color Refill Kit
  • Hewlett Packard 92298A Toner Cartridge
  • Hewlett Packard 51649A Color Cartridge
  • Lexmark 15M0120 Color Cartridge
  • Lexmark 13400HC Black Cartridge
  • Xerox 113R173 Toner Cartridge
  • Xerox 8R7660 Black Cartridge
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    Toner Basics

    One of the most distinctive things about a laser printer (or photocopier) is the toner. It's such a strange concept for the paper to grab the "ink" rather than the printer applying it. And it's even stranger that the "ink" isn't really ink at all.

    So what is toner? The short answer is: It's an electrically-charged powder with two main ingredients: pigment and plastic.

    The role of the pigment is fairly obvious -- it provides the coloring (black, in a monochrome printer) that fills in the text and images. This pigment is blended into plastic particles, so the toner will melt when it passes through the heat of the fuser. This quality gives toner a number of advantages over liquid ink. Chiefly, it firmly binds to the fibers in almost any type of paper, which means the text won't smudge or bleed easily.



    A developer bead coated with small toner particles

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