Do you wonder how printer toners work? Far from it being some kind of magical spell like something from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, there are complicated processes involving lasers, mirrors, carbon, static and heat. Here the steps to find out how laser printers work.

  1. The printers laser beams your print onto a metal cylinder called a drum.
  2. Using static electricity, the drum unit attracts powdered toner from its cartridge to the drum.
  3. The drum rolls the toner onto the paper in the form of your print.
  4. The toner is melted onto the paper by heat from a fuser as it passes underneath.
  5. Your print comes out of the printer.