| If you are looking to purchase laser printer, here | | | | But it needs time to warm up the fuser to |
| are some features of laser printers which would | | | | operating temperature when the printer is turn on. |
| be helpful to those who are purchasing laser | | | | It generally takes 5 to 30 seconds to warm up |
| printer or those who need information about laser | | | | the printer. But now laser printer with "instant on" |
| printers. | | | | fuser is available. This instant on fusers has been |
| Laser printers give the highest quality text and | | | | design to reduce the warm up time of a printer |
| images among the printers. Laser printers got | | | | Paper handling, size and capacity: - |
| different model. Some of them are perfect for | | | | Most laser printers use letter-size, cut-sheet |
| small businesses and home offices. Some reliable | | | | paper. Supplementary paper trays or feeders can |
| low-cost models are also available that are | | | | be added to increase the capacity. |
| perfect for everyday personal printing. | | | | Laser printers can print on a variety of papers |
| Some of the features of Laser Printers are | | | | sizes, types and weights, such as transparencies, |
| Resolution, Quality, and Color: - | | | | labels and card stock. They can also handle |
| The standard resolution of leaser printer is 1200 | | | | non-traditional media like envelopes. But papers, |
| dots per inch (dpi). For everyday printing, including | | | | such as iron-on transfers, are not suitable for |
| small DTP jobs this type of laser printer is | | | | laser printers, as the heat used in the transfer |
| well-suited. But still some laser printers have a | | | | process could damage the paper and gum up |
| resolution of 300 dpi. Resolution enhancement | | | | your printer. |
| technology is used in such laser printer with a | | | | A laser printer with duplex printing can print on |
| resolution of 300 dpi because such printer causes | | | | one side of the paper, then turn the paper over |
| rough edges on the images. RET are used to | | | | and print on the other side. Most laser printers, |
| smooth the rough edges. | | | | however, use the simpler manual duplex printing. |
| Color laser printers are more expensive as | | | | PCL or postscript:- |
| compared to black-and-white versions and require | | | | PCL - "Printer command language" is the standard |
| a great deal of printer memory to produce | | | | printer language for HP's and most other laser |
| high-resolution images | | | | printers. PCL is used for printing letters, database |
| Speed: - | | | | printouts, spreadsheets and simple graphics. A |
| As far as speed is concerned Lasers printer is the | | | | laser printer that uses only PCL can be upgraded |
| fastest among the printer. One can get full-color | | | | to Postscript by installing a software driver |
| results as fast as 3 to 4 pages per minute (ppm), | | | | provided by the manufacturer of the laser printer. |
| and black-and-white output as fast as 25 ppm. | | | | |