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Laser Printers
Laser Printing consists of a six step process:
- Cleaning is first done with a mechanical blade. The eraser lamps electro-statically clean
residual toner from the drum that the blade could not remove by neutralizing the drum surface with illumination.
- Conditioning of the drum is done by the Primary Corona which places a universal negative 600 volts (-600 V) on the drum
- Writing is done by a laser beam that is reflected off a mirror assembly. The voltage of the drum that the laser contacts is reduced by -100 volts. This area is referred to as the image.
- Developing is when the toner which has an approximate -300 volt charge is attracted to the area of the drum that has a -100 volt charge.
The toner particles acquire a negative charge (-200V to -500V) from the developer cylinder which is
connected to a negative DC power supply.
- Transfer of the image to the paper is performed by the transfer corona wire which places a positive charge onto the paper. The positively charged paper attracts the negatively charged toner from the EP drum.
A static charge eliminator weakens the charge on the paper so that it may easily separate from the EP drum.
- Fusing the toner to the paper is a two fold process. The fuser heats the toner which is composed of black plastic, thus melts the toner onto the paper. Secondly the paper is compressed between two rollers.
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