What is toner printing, and how does it work?
Laser printers print by putting a unique electric charge onto a drum. Printer toner is a powder-based print medium created from granulated polymers that provide more accuracy and control. It is usually kept in a single cartridge.
The charged printing drum collects toner powder and then transfers it to paper. The paper is heated as the last step to melt the toner particles and ensure that your print settles correctly.
Lasers imprint the drum’s electrostatic charge, thus the phrase “laser printer.” While laser printing is often used for black-and-white prints, the four-cartridge setup allows color printing.
Laser printers are most widely used in offices because of their speed and cost-effectiveness, but they are also gaining popularity among home users due to their affordability. This is particularly true when printing a large number of black-and-white text documents. A laser printer will produce black and white text pages roughly twice as quickly as an inkjet printer at half the cost per page.
Rather than utilizing liquid ink, laser printers use toner, a tiny powder that is heated and fused to the page by a drum unit. Laser printers produce cleaner output on conventional office paper, mainly because toner does not wet the page with ink during the printing process. Toner has tiny fonts more clearly and won’t run off the page. Color laser printers are great for graphs and medium-resolution photographs but not so well for high-resolution colored images, where the toner head patterning can cause visible banding.
Toner Paper Type:
Though most laser printers don’t require special paper for printing papers (normal office paper will suffice for virtually all laser printer models and applications), you may need to pay attention to the form if you want to print labels or images. To assist limit the risk of damage to the unit over time, most companies make paper specifically for toner-based printing. Laser-optimized paper will have minimal or no resin layer to avoid melting during the heat application procedure. All varieties of laser-friendly paper will be engineered to tolerate heat. When using coated paper, be in mind that it has the potential to melt and irreversibly harm your printer.