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10 fascinating facts about laser printers you probably didn't know
- Laser printers emerged in the 1960s, with Gary Starkweather at Xerox pioneering the first prototype.
- HP’s 1984 LaserJet marked the first mass-market laser printer for offices.
- Toner in laser printers is a dry powder; it melts to bond with paper during printing.
- Fuser units heat toner to about 400°F to fuse it to paper and prevent smudging.
- Xerography is the underlying dry copying method powering modern laser printers.
- The first commercial laser printer, IBM 3800, produced up to 215 pages per minute.
- Modern laser printers use optimized toner particles developed through lab-based processes.
- Laser printers rely on a moving photoreceptor drum and precise optics to render images.
- Laser printing is a xerographic process dating back to 1946 with commercial evolution through the decades.
- The article notes ongoing significance of laser printers in office settings and relevant comparisons.
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