How The Printing Process Works - NEC SuperScript 610 User Manual

1–2 Introduction
HOW THE
PRINTING
PROCESS
WORKS
The SuperScript 610 is designed as a personal laser
printer to conserve desk space and it features low
power consumption .
Whenever you send a job to the printer, an "image"
of the page to be printed is temporarily written to the
rotating surface of an electrophotographic (EP)
drum. This image acts like a magnet that attracts
toner to the drum. (The toner and the drum are
grouped in one self-contained cartridge.)
At the same time, paper (or transparency film or
envelope) passes through the printer and near the
drum. The paper is electrostatically charged as it
reaches the drum.
Toner, previously attracted to the drum as image
areas, is transferred to the charged paper. The paper
then passes between two rollers where a combination
of heat and pressure bonds the toner to the paper.
The paper is then moved to the output tray.