what component in a LASER printer should not be exposed to light for extended periods of time?
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I would say is all the parts, the case\nthe case will turn yellow after month of exposure to sunlight,\nthe toner will will get crumby as it contain gel/plastic ingredient, and always come in a thermal pack\nthe drum is also delicate plastic parts, which is black in color absorbing a lot of heat and tend to warp.
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There are a few items you will need:-\n1) A source of high voltage (to exicte the gas in your laser to emit photons). A readily availible item to do this would be the ballast (transformer) in a flourescent tube. This should get you up to between 700 to 1700 volts. It is preferabe if you have a supply closer to the upper end. This is dangerous so be sure to use appropriate precautions when working with high voltages.\n2) Choose the type of gas to excite. Gases to use include Carbon dioxide, helium, argon, neon, krypton - depending on the frequency you want from the laser. A nice big ruby could be used to make a really cool ruby laser - I could never afford to buy one though.\n3) build a laser tube - or better buy one from ebay. If you have glass blowing skills and make can make your own electrodes and embed them in the glass tube and make partial reflective mirrors on the end or the tube you can make one - but it's really tricky.\n4) fill your lser tube with the gas/gases you choose under reduced pressure.\n5) connect the electrodes to your power supply\n6) power it up....\nIt's as easy as that... uses the same basic principle to a flourescent tube, except that all the light from the partial reflector window is in phase.\n\nFor more detail I suggest you google something like "home made laser"
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Go with the HP.\n\nAs for the follow up most printers use alcohol based inks so smearing or even disappearing shouldn't be a problem.  \n\nAlthough it may be an idea to see if the store will provide you with a test page from the printer.  That way you will know for sure.
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Check the owner's manual.  There should be a spec sheet on the printer and temp range should be there.
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>A laser printer is a computer printer that produces high-resolution output by means of a process that is similar to photocopying. In place of reflected light from an image (as is used in xerography), a laser printer uses data sent from a computer to turn a laser beam on and off rapidly as it scans a charged drum. The drum then attracts toner powder to the areas not exposed to the light. Finally, the toner is fused to paper over a belt by heated rollers. In a write-black printer the laser positively charges the printed areas to attract the toner, which gives better detail than a write-white printer. In a write-white printer, the beam negatively charges the areas not to be printed to repel the toner, which gives a denser image. Faster, quieter, and capable of producing more attractive results than standard printers, laser printers have become an important means of printing business documents since they became more generally available.\n\nFor more information check out the site below.
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Clean your printer, you might find some stuff stuck inside
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Just need an inverter--available at any auto parts place, make sure you get a big enough one.  There is something about using a UPS with a laser, believe it probably takes a bit more power to get it started up than to actually run it.  Kinda wonder if you wouldn't have the same probs with an inverter.  May want to find a UPS that says it'll work with a laser printer, hook it to the inverter, plug laser into that, should take care of it for you.\n\nI'd make sure it's mounted well, would be a bummer to stop quick and have your laser printer flying through the air....
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yes. There is larger initial cost for a laser printer, but it's life span is far greater than that of most ink jet printers. I've learned this the hard way.  I've had numerous ink jet printers that all died on me for one reason or another.  But my HP laser jet has been running strong for the last 5 years!   Laser jets are well worth the more and will save u money in the long run.  I haven't replaced the toner for the printer yet and I've easily printed off thousands of pages.
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depends on the brand it is . i have a hp, and i have to go to "my printers and faxes" under my computer and cancel all print jobs,then go to settings and change the way the power options are. sometimes you can unplug the printers power for 15 seconds to clear the memory good luck-- hope this helps
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Inform your manager the noise is a distraction and show him/her\npictures of a sound cover for printers from an office supply cat. \n\n\nThese are generally pressboard boxes with a flip plexglass cover to remove your printed page and look for one with a fan in the box to keep the printer from overheating. \n\nmost good mangers do understand productivity works two ways, they provide a good enviroment - you produce better work. \n\nCarl
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Laser paper. It has a gloss surface to it that is designed to keep laser ink from blotting. It is a heck of a lot cheaper than brand name so called "Photo paper". I've seen good quality laser paper at Radio Shack for $3.95 for a 500 sheet ream. Just bought one from them for that not too long ago and it works great in both of my Cannon bubble jet printers.
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HP have always been reliable for me and my lot, though with the price of colour laser printers coming down it would be worth looking at them.\n\nI recently bought a 3 in 1, seems to be working good and I like being able to photcopy as well.
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If you are going to print 150 pages every month, then you should go with a Laser printer. Not a very heavy duty one, but one of the more economic laser printer versions. Inkjet, will be extremely cheap to buy but its cartridges will be about very expensive and will run out pretty quick. Where as your low end laser printer will run on same toner for atleast a year if not more.
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Find out what type of connection the printer takes and what time of connection the PC takes and find a converter. They have plenty of them on the market. If i know what two types of connections you are talking about i could link you up. But i hope this leads you in the right direction\nCheers
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Laser obviously, Brother MFC series printer are great, I use Brother MFC 4200, its a great item. Simple, sleek,easy to install, looks great on the table - truly executive. HP are too complicated, sleek at times, but bulky, brother are not bulky, in HP all-in-one printers, if a scanner bulb is gone, the entire printer is useless !! HP normal printers are the best, but all-in-one's I would vote for Brother...
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Problem :\n\nThe printer is working, but the printed output shows smears or smudges of ink or the image itself is smeared.\n\n\nSolution :\n\nTry increasing the ink drying time or decreasing ink volume. \nOpen Director, then click Settings, Print Settings, then Printer Settings. \nThe printer Properties dialog box opens.\nClick the Basics tab, then the Advanced Features button. \nClick and drag the Dry Time slider toward More or the Ink Volume slider toward Light. \nTry decreasing print quality to Normal or Fast. \nOpen Director, then click Settings, Print Settings, then Printer Settings. \nThe printer Properties dialog box opens.\nClick the Paper/Quality tab and choose a lower print quality setting. \nTry a different paper. Heavier weight paper may not smear as easily as lighter weight paper. \n\nIf none of the steps above have solved the problem, print and evaluate a self-test report.
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An inkjet printer uses ink cartridges and does not require special paper.  A laser printer uses a combination of heat and toner to produce high quality prints.  A laser printer requires the use of laser printer paper which is slightly more expensive than regular paper but not by much (last time I checked anyway).\n\nEventually you will have to replace the toner in a laser printer and it will cost you between $80 and $100 for a replacement toner but you don't have to do it very often.\n\nA cheap laser printer can be as little as $100 but will not print colors, only black and white.  There are color laser printers but they are very expensive.\n\nSee source links for more information about laser and inkjet printers.