What is a laser printer's toner cartridge?

Answer 1

A LaserJet toner cartridge is a cartridge made up of 2 halves. The halves are either designed as a single unit or designed as two individual units that will work as a single unit once installed. Canon and HP have mostly toner cartridges that are two halves that make up one unit or toner cartridge. The two halve are made up of a drum half and a toner half.

The Drum half or waste bin has four main components. The drum which is made of metal has a unique coating on it so that allows it to apply the toner to the paper. It is the only part of the cartridge that makes direct contact with the paper. There is also a PCR or Primary Charge Roller that sits up against the drum. Directly under the drum is the wiper blade, whose job it is to clean all of the old waste toner off the drum as it turns during printing.

The Toner half is made up 3 main components. First there is the Mag or Developer Roller. It is often referred to as the Mag because there is a magnet that is in the developer roller that runs the length of it. Not all cartridges have a magnet in the developer roller but the majority do. Directly under the Mag is the Doctor Blade and it is it's job to make sure the Mag gets a even coat of Toner. The Toner is the last component, its specific elements vary for between cartridges but without it, we'd all be using inkjets or working on our handwriting. No matter what style of cartridge, almost all have these two halve in some form.

Answer 2

Laser printer use toners to print documents. Toners are powder-like substance that is housed on toner cartridges.

Toner cartridges are to laser printers while ink cartridges are to inkjet printers.

Answer 3

A laser toner cartridge simply means a toner cartridge that goes in a laser printer. The toner cartridge is what provides the ink for printing. These tend to be more cost efficient than other printer cartridges.

Answer 4

When a person mentions an ink toner cartridge they are usually referring to the cartridge that goes into a large copier machine. These can be found at schools and business. Xerox is one of the largest brands of copier machines.

Answer 5

Printer toner is the actual ink powder that makes the colored imprint on your pages. There are four colors of toner, black, cyan, magenta and yellow that combined, can generate every color you could ever print.

Answer 6

You often hear people mention that they have to replace the ink toner cartridge in their printer. This is a bit of a misnomer since there is not actually any ink inside the cartridge. Toner is a dry powder that is attracted to the printer drum unit by means of an electrostatic charge. The result is the same as what would be produced on a printing press from the days when ink was used for books, magazines and newspapers.

Answer 7

Toner is a black or colored powder used by laser printers to print images and text to paper. The toner powder is typically comprised of carbon and a polymer.

Answer 8

An ink cartridge or inkjet cartridge is a replaceable component of an inkjet printer that contains the ink that is deposited onto paper during printing.

Answer 9

The toner cartridge contains powdered ink, which is transferred to the paper and heated to melt it. This makes it stick so we see the printed text/images.

Answer 10

Printer toner is the solid material that is ultimately placed on the paper to make the images that are printed. Many people think of it as "ink" but ink is a liquid marking material.