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Service Guide DOC-IT3000/4000
Chapter 2 Principles of Operation
2.4 MECHANICAL OPERATION
2.4.01 Basic Principles of Electrostatic Printing
The printer illuminates the LED head according to the data, such as characters and patterns,
received from the controller and exposes a photoconductive material with light, forming a latent
image on the material. This latent image is developed by toner, with the resultant toner image
being transferred to paper and fused for printing.
The electrophotographic technology used in this printer is similar to that embodied in general
copying machines. The technology comprises the following processes.
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