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The laser printer was invented at Xerox PARC in the 1970s. Laser printers were introduced for the office and then home markets in subsequent years by IBM, Canon, Xerox, Apple, Hewlett-Packard and many others. Over the decades, quality and speed have increased as prices have decreased, and the once cutting-edge printing devices are now ubiquitous.
A laser printer rapidly produces high quality text and graphics. As with digital photocopiers and multifunction printers (MFPs), laser printers employ a xerographic printing process but differ from analog photocopiers in that the image is produced by the direct scanning of a laser beam across the printer's photoreceptor.
Printer tracking dots, also known as printer steganography, DocuColor tracking dots, yellow dots, secret dots, or a machine identification code (MIC), is a digital watermark which many color laser printers and photocopiers produce on every printed page that identifies the specific device that was used to print the document.
Ink-jet printers use cartridges or reservoirs of ink and a moving print-head, while laser printers use heated elements and toner. Generally, ink-jet printers can excel at color, and are often less ...
Laser printing (toner printing) mainly used in offices and for transactional printing (bills, bank documents). Laser printing is commonly used by direct mail companies to create variable data letters or coupons. Pad printing, popular for its ability to print on complex three-dimensional surfaces; Relief print, mainly used for catalogues
Toner (printing), a powder mixture used in laser printers and photocopiers; Toner (skin care), a water-based lotion, tonic, or wash designed to cleanse the skin in preparation for other skincare products; Hair toner, product used in hair dying; Toner cartridge, component of a laser printer which contains toner powder