Printers As Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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998 words · ~4 min read
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it seems like not that long ago that handing in a freshly printed essay from
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your shiny new inkjet printer made you the coolest kid in class at least in
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your own mind anyway but nowadays printers that could have cost you a
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pretty penny in the mid 1990s are handed out like candy with new pc purchases and
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it's never been easier to afford something that will inexplicably stop
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working at 2: a.m. the night before your turn paper is due so how exactly do
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printers work and what makes them well some of them so
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unreliable now you probably already know that the two main types of printers for
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Home and Office use are inkjet and Laser unless of course you've still got one of
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those old dot matrix printers from the 80s cuz you get a kick out of tearing
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off those little strips on the edge of the paper and both of them have
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advantages and disadvantages which we actually briefly covered in this video
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but let's have a look at them in a little bit more depth first up we've got
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laser printers which use you guessed it
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a freaking laser beam to create prints
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Laser Printers also contain a rotating cylinder coated with a photosensitive
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electrically charged material and a series of mirrors when you send a
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document to a laser printer the laser light is reflected by the mirrors onto
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the cylinder which neutralizes the electrical charge in specific areas
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thanks to the rotation of both the cylinder and the the mirrors as well as
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the laser turning on and off at precisely the correct moments the areas
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hit by the laser correspond to the actual print and when toner particles
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hit the cylinder they only stick to the areas exposed to the laser light because
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the toner itself has an electrical charge too cool right then a sheet of
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paper is pressed against the cylinder and the toner is transferred through to
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the paper using heat which fuses the T owner to it which is why Pages fresh out
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of a laser printer are always so nice and cuddly warm due to the Precision of
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the laser these kinds of printers are great for producing crisp clear text the
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other major player the inkjet printer is very very different like the name says
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this sort of printer uses Liquid Ink instead of solid toner particles in
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consumer models ink inside of those expensive cartridges is heated with an
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electric charge causing a small amount to vaporize and form a bubble on the
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nozzle the bubble then collapses and the
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pressure difference pulls a droplet of
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ink out of the cartridge and onto the paper because their internal workings
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are simpler than Laser Printers they tend to be significantly cheaper and
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although they can't print as quickly they give much better print quality for
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photos making them the go-to choice if you like to print your own snapshots at
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at home unfortunately though many inkjet owners have been disappointed by their
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printer's reliability so then why is it that they seem to give people such a
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hard time well part of it is because printers have so many small moving parts
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that can break or wear out not to mention the small nozzles that can clog
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easily but perhaps a bigger part of the reason is the business model of inkjet
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manufacturers the printers themselves are frequently sold at a loss so ink
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refills can cost more than the actual printers themselves also many cartridges
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contain smart chips that report that they're empty even if there is still
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leftover ink but fortunately there are workarounds for this you can find online
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and we're even starting to see Alternatives appear on the market such
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as epson's new system that uses permanent high-capacity ink tanks
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instead of pricey cartridges which will hopefully usher in the day when we no
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longer need to sell vital organs just to afford some vacation photo printting
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sort of thing so thanks for watching guys if you like the video hit the like
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posses please do leave them below and we will try and check those out I'll see
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you guys next time