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