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On Sunday, 21 April 2019 06:01:03 BST Manuel McLure wrote: |
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> There are actually two ways a "laser" printer can create an image: it can |
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> use a laser (duh) or it can use an array of very small LEDs (mostly Okidata |
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> printers). From a user's perspective, they're both the same. The important |
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> bit is that they project that light onto a photosensitive drum that picks |
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> up toner particles and transfers them to paper, where they get heated and |
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> fused into the paper fibers. This is much the same way photocopiers used to |
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> work (nowadays most photocopiers are just a scanner attached to a laser |
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> printer). |
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As an aside, can you comment on the quality of photo printing of an LED |
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printer compared with laser and inkjet? (I have an old Kyocera FS1020-D mono |
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laser which may need replacing one day.) |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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