LASER Printer

Question 1

Imagining Drum

Answer 1

This is a cylindrical component that receives an electrical charge and gets exposed to a laser beam, which selectively discharges areas to create a pattern.

Question 2

Fuser Assembly

Answer 2

After the toner is transferred into the paper, this applies pressure and heat to melt the toner particles, fusing onto the paper’s surfaces

Question 3

Transfer Belt

Answer 3

Found in a color laser printer. It uses an electrostatics force to attract the toner particles from the imaging drum into its surface and then transfer them onto the paper, resulting in high quality color printers.

Question 4

Transfer Roller

Answer 4

Moves the image from the imaging drum onto the paper. It applies pressure to ensure that the toner sticks to the paper as it passes through the printer. Essentially, it’s responsible for transferring the toner image from the drum to the paper, ensuring that the final printout is clear and accurate.

Question 5

Pick-up rollers

Answer 5

Rubber-coated roller responsible for feeding the paper from the paper tray to the printer.

Question 6

Separation Pad

Answer 6

Help separate individual sheets of paper from the paper stack in the input tray, ensuring that only one page is fed at a time

Question 7

Duplex Assembly

Answer 7

Allow the printer to print on both and without user intervention

Question 8

Processing

Answer 8

The first step involves building the entire page to be printed in the printer’s memory. It als converts digital data for printing.

Question 9

Charging

Answer 9

The second stage which uniformly charges the drum surface. Prepares for image formation. Allow the ability to provide a consistent surface for precise printing.

Question 10

Exposing

Answer 10

The third stage, involved creating an electrostatic image on the drum’s surface by selectively discharging specific areas with a laser beam. This forms the pattern of the image to be printed.

Question 11

Developing

Answer 11

The forth stage that involves the attraction of toner to discharged areas of the drum. Toner adheres to positively charged areas, forming visible images.

Question 12

Transferring

Answer 12

The fifth stage, which involves an electrically charged transfer roller or belt attracts the toner particles from the drum and deposits them onto the paper as it moves through the printer. This stage ensures that the toner image is accurately transferred onto the paper.

Question 13

Fusing

Answer 13

The last stage involved applying heat and pressure to bond toner to paper.