A Laser Printer Book

Copyright © 1994 by Steven Burrows

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Table of Contents

• 1. What is a Laser Printer?
• Key Features of Laser Printers
• Speed
• Resolution
• Printer Language
• Paper Handling
• Simplex & Duplex
• About Text and Graphics
• Text and Fonts
• Character Set
• Typeface
• Typestyle
• Size
• Orientation
• Graphics
• Bitmap Graphics
• Vector Graphics
• 2. How Laser Printers Work
• The Printer Controller
• Communications
• Job Spooling
• Interpretation
• Formatting
• A Note About Fonts
• Rasterising
• Page Buffers
• Band Buffers
• The Print Engine
• Laser Scanning Assembly
• Photoreceptor
• Toner Hopper
• Developer Unit
• Corotrons
• Charger Corotron
• Transfer Corotron
• Detac Corotron
• Discharge Lamp
• Fuser
• Paper Transport
• Paper Input Feeders
• Paper Output Trays
• Face Up Tray
• Face Down Tray
• Paper Path
• Manual Feed Facility
• 3. Types of Laser Printer
• Personal
• Office
• Workgroup
• Production
• Colour
• Highlight Colour
• 4. Options and Accessories
• Paper Trays
• Paper Feeders
• Envelope Feeders
• Duplex Units
• Output Stackers
• Memory
• Hard Disks
• Communications Interfaces
• Print Language Emulations
• Printer Drivers
• Fonts
• Bitmap Fonts
• Outline Fonts
• ROM Cartridge Fonts
• Downloaded Fonts
• Facsimile Options
• 5. Printer Languages
• HP PCL
• PCL 3
• PCL 4
• PCL5
• PCL 5e
• PCL 5c
• About PCL Emulations
• Adobe PostScript
• PostScript Level 1
• PostScript Level 2
• Other PostScript Devices
• About PostScript Clones
• Microsoft Windows GDI
• Manufacturer Specific Languages
• Kyocera PreScribe
• Canon CaPSYL
• Xerox XES
• Xerox JDL and Metacode
• Xerox Interpress
• Océ FOL
• IBM 3812
• IBM IPDS
• DEC LN03 (DEC ANSI/Sixel)
• Non-Laser Emulations
• Epson FX
• Xerox Diablo 630
• IBM ProPrinter
• HPGL
• Emulation Switching
• 6. Connecting To Computers
• Parallel
• Centronics
• Bi-Tronics
• Dataproducts
• IEEE488 (HP-IB)
• SCSI
• IBM 370 Channel
• Serial
• RS232C
• RS422
• Current Loop
• IBM SNA-RJE
• IBM Co-Ax
• IBM Twin-Ax
• Networks
• Ethernet
• Standard ("Thick") Ethernet
• Thin ("Cheap") Ethernet (10-Base-2)
• Twisted-Pair Ethernet (10-Base-T)
• Token Ring
• Ethernet and Token Ring Network Protocols
• Novell Netware
• Microsoft LAN Manager
• IBM LAN Server
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
• 3-Com 3+
• DEC PathWorks
• TCP/IP
• Ethertalk
• Appletalk
• Port Switching
• 7. Paper and Other Media
• Paper
• Paper Weight
• Storing Paper
• Paper Curl
• Drilled Paper
• Coated Paper
• Laid, Hammered and Woven Paper
• Plasticised Paper
• Recycled Paper
• Card
• Transparencies
• Labels
• Pre-printed Materials
• Envelopes
• 8. Consumables
• Toner
• Developer
• Photoreceptor
• Fuser Oil
• Fuser Cleaning Pad
• Ozone Filter
• The Printer
• Recycled Print Cartridges
• 9. Choosing A Laser Printer
• Why a Laser Printer?
• Mandatory Considerations
• Printer Usage
• Printer Language Selection
• Communications Interface Selection
• Resolution Selection
• Fonts
• Paper Usage
• Simplex or Duplex?
• Ease of Use
• First Print Out Time
• Warm-up Time
• Consumables Cost
• Optional Extras
• Paper Trays
• Envelope Feeder
• Output Stackers and Collators
• Memory
• Hard Disk
• Fonts
• Facsimile
• Purchasing a Printer
• 10. Common Laser Printer Problems
• Print Quality Problems
• Fuzzy Print
• Fuzzy/Faint White Lines
• Sharp White Lines
• Variable Print Density Across The Page
• Variable Print Density Down The Page
• Grey Print
• Grey Background
• Black Pages
• White Pages
• Regularly-Spaced Spots (Large Interval)
• Regularly-Spaced Spots (Small Interval)
• Random Spots
• Residual Images
• Toner Rubs Off
• Mechanical Problems
• Misfeeds
• Paper Jams
• Skewed Prints
• Creased Pages
• Image Corruption
• Garbled (Rubbish) Data
• Lost Characters
• Wrong Font
• Split Graphic Image
• Split Text
• Miscellaneous Splits
• Glossary