About Color Printing - Canon Laser Shot LBP5200 User Manual

In the case of a printer, it is not possible to change the intensity of toner colors.
Because of this, a much larger number of dots are used compared to a computer
display, and various colors are reproduced by adding K (black) to the C (cyan), M
(magenta) and Y (yellow). This means that higher resolution color prints are
possible the smaller these dots are.

About Color Printing

In color printing, the shape and color of images are expressed in groups of minute
cyan, magenta, yellow, and black dots.
Therefore, image data input to the printer is divided into cyan, magenta, yellow, and
black.
The data is reproduced separately on the light sensitive drum for each toner color,
and the toner is transferred onto an intermediate transfer medium.
K
Once the data for all 4 colors
has been transferred onto the
intermediate transfer belt, the
paper is fed through the printer
and the page is printed.
Color Bar
Y
Data
Photosensitive Drum
C M Y
Rotates 4 times
M C
Intermediate Transfer Belt
The toner color
changes each time
the intermediate
transfer belt
rotates.

About Color Printing

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K
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