-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA> 1237be5ad560
 CA> tech



 CA> Hello Wayne -

 CA>> Logic tells me there is no light sensitive drum in a laser
 CA>> printer but I can't prove it right now.

 WC> I'm not clear on their operation myself. A quick intenet
 WC> search on appropriate keywords would fix that. Actually I
 WC> believe there is a light sensitive drum. I'm thinking the
 WC> drum is charged by the corona wire mentioned here a number
 WC> of times and light is

 WC> used to discharge that part of the drum where you didn't
 WC> used to discharge want

 WC> toner to adhere leaving only that which retained a charge
 WC> to carry toner to the print paper?

 CA> The way I remember it these wires get very hot and melt the
 CA> toner to the paper. There is no 'scanner' and no 'mirror'
 CA> inolved.

I've never actually taken one apart.
I pretty much figured the the toner was melted into the paper.
The part I'm not certain about is how the drum is prepared to retain the
toner to be printed while clearing itself of toner not intended to 
be printed.
 
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