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Printer uses
A laser printer uses a dry toner powder in a sealed cartridge.
You can find out what ink cartridges your dell printer uses by opening up the printer and checking to see what cartridges are already installed on the printer.
ink jet printer
Printer cartridges are what holds the ink. You insert these into the specific place in the printer, and the printer uses the ink from inside the cartridges.
Thermal Printer
a dot matrix printer
A band printer is a line printer that uses a metal band, or loop, of type characters as its printing mechanism.
A band printer is a line printer that uses a metal band, or loop, of type characters as its printing mechanism.
Xerox
Usually known as an "inkjet" printer that uses blue, red and yellow ink cartridges, with some printers using an additional black ink cartridge.
It should say in the your instruction manual what type of cartridge your particular printer uses. Also I would suggest visiting the company website of the particular printer that you have.