Lexmark Laser Technology Presentation

Learn how Lexmark laser printer technology works in this video from n-tara interactive. The complexities of laser printing are simplified using highly informative 3D animation.

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[shaygahweh]

no wonder cartridges cost so damn much.

why can't the toner reservoir be separate from the drums? so that you may refill the reservoir without having to replace the whole assembly? i'll tell you why; because if that were the case, HP wouldn't be able to charge you $100.00 a pop for cartridges.

[irulethe70s]

"Dechecated to making your wallet as empty as possible"

[عبدالفتاح فوده]

انا غلبت من بتوع الصيانه والطابعه كل ساعه بحال يعنى مره تطبع وش وظهر ومره لا ومره تسحب ورفه فاضيه بعد طبع الورقه المطلوبه مباشرةً (ممكن انا مش عارف اسجل الأوامر صح )فهل ممكن حد يساعدنى بس بايضاح تام ويبقى ليه الشكر

[TheDahuddy]

Typical.

[TheDahuddy]

True.

[TheDahuddy]

It is all about money.

[Jasper Janssen]

Although I should probably note that the All-in-One cartridge is fairly old-fashioned and was mostly used because making that stuff durable back in the eighties and early nineties was *really hard*.

[Jasper Janssen]

Well, you can go two ways. Most laserprinters have replaceable drums and corona wires/charge rollers and fusers, since even if you try hard you're still going to have a fairly limited lifespan of those things. Basically the stuff might last you ten to thirty toner cartridges.

If you design it to last for just one cartridge, you can make them cheaper, and over the life of the printer you can come out roughly equal with the all-in-one replace-everything method, or the everything-separate method.

[TheJediSlayer7]

Yeah, it might be expensive, but many of those parts inside are prone to failure. Would you rather have a broken laser printer that you either have to toss or get repaired, or simply spend a hundred whenever your toner runs out and replace other prone-to-failure equipment, too?

[MrNbond]

and so do they empty your pockets

[passionfly1]

how hi-tech can the printer be when the guy who designs them in the intro of this video is sitting in front of an old outdated square CRT monitor LOL