Printer Types 3.7 Flashcards
creates an entire page at one time during the printing process
laser printer
heats up the melts the toner onto the page to adhere properly to the page
fuser assembly
main component that creates the image to be applied to the paper
image drum
used as a way to transfer the image drum and become fused
transfer belt/ roller
used to pick up the paper from the feed tray and feed it through the system
pickup roller
moves the paper from the front to the back
duplexing assembly
helps the pickup roller to ensure they only pick up a single piece of paper at a time
paper separation pad
the OS uses a printer driver to translate what’s on the screen to print
Processing
the imaging drum is conditioned with the primary charge roller
Charging
the surface coding of the photosensitive imaging drum is losing its charge when exposed to light
exposing
the laser printer takes the toner and applies it to a developer roller
developing
moving the toner from the imaging drum into the print media
transferring
the fuser squeezes the paper between a hot roller and a pressure roller
fusing
the photosensitive drum needed to be cleaned and get all the remaining toner particles cleaned off
cleaning
Charging voltage is ___ Volts DC
- 600
store the paper in a nice dry area that does not have high humidity or excessive dust
loading paper
standard toner cartridge has 2500 pages and high yield cartridge has 6000 pages
toner cartridges replacement
feed rollers pull up one sheet at a time and feed it through the system
use of maintenance kit
____ rollers are used to take the toner off of the imaging drum and apply it to the paper
transfer
___ unit is responsible for heating up the toner and making it bond to the page
Fuser