Sunday 23 December 2012

The benefits of using LaserJet printers

LaserJet printers are a series of laser printers produced by HP (Hewlett- Packard). Though the term is a brand name that exclusively includes HP printers, it has become a generic name that refers laser printers.

LaserJet printers were first introduced in 1984 and over time have undergone several changes. It has now become much more affordable and smaller than its previous model. Though it was first introduced to be used exclusively for business, it is now being extensively used for home tasks as well. LaserJet printers are used for a variety of tasks, like printing documents and photographs, making copies, charts and diagrams, etc. They are ideal for printing large volumes of high quality documents, keeping the cost down.

The original LaserJet was an IBM- compatible model that could be used only to produce texts. However, the first model to achieve widespread popularity was the LaserJet 4 series that was introduced in 1992.

LaserJet printers make use of toner (a fine powder) that is stored in large cartridges, unlike inkjet printers that use liquid ink stored in small cartridges. LaserJet printers use an electronically charged drum to apply the toner to the paper after which it applies heat so that the toner binds to the paper. Like colour inkjet printers, colour LaserJet printers also store the different coloured toners in different cartridges. Laser printers are more expensive than inkjet printers but have many advantages as well.

Let us look at some of its advantages:

•LaserJet printers are characterized by their efficiency and speed of printing. In fact, LaserJet printers are termed ‘page printers’ because of their incredible speed of printing a page at a time and printing it very fast.

•LaserJet printers hardly produce any sound while operating.

•The output of the LaserJet printers is of a very high quality. This owes to its technology- the use of electro photography for printing. The details in graphics and text are impeccable. Streaks, filminess, smears are an impossibility.

•Besides high quality high speed printing, LaserJet printers offer other features as well, like self- printing (printing without any manual supervision). Many models also support automatic 2- sided printing. There are also all- in- one colour LaserJet printers that include scanners, fax machine and copier. Some models have card readers which can help to directly print photos, without the aid of computers.

•LaserJet printers can produce more copies than inkjet printers. When you consider the total number of pages printed, toner proves to be much more economical option than ink.

•LaserJet printers are more durable, their designs are more futuristic.

•As LaserJet printers work on toner, there’s no worry about the ink leaking from the cartridge and damaging the printer (as is the case with inkjet printers).

•In addition to regular printer paper, LaserJet printers can also use archival paper, vellum and laser photo paper.

If you are looking for high quality LaserJet printers, contact the LaserJet supplies of your locality who specialize in providing high quality printers. You can also search online for good contractors.

X is a renowned author. She has written many articles on different types of office supplies. In this article she focuses on LaserJet printers, gives their features and advantages of using them.

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