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1. Laser Printers By Dan Hill
2. Goals What components make up a laser printer?
What role does each component play in the functionality of laser printers?
What are the advantages of using a laser printer vs. ribbon printers?
3. Components The Controller
The Laser
Laser
Moveable mirror
Lens
Photo Sensitive Drum
Toner Hopper and Roller
Discharge Lamp
Corona Wires and Fuser
4. Basic Process Printer accepts input from computer
Formatter board interprets the input
Instructions sent to laser where laser shoots beam onto photo drum
Drum rotates past toner, where ink is attracted to the drum
Paper passes through fuser and exits printer
5. How does it work? A laser printer needs to have all the info about a page in its memory before it can start printing Printer’s onboard computer “talks” to host computer Raster image processor takes page data and breaks it down into an array of tiny dots.