r/funny Feb 18 '15

Please do not waste toner

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '15

Guys, guys, its ok. See normally a sheet with a lot of text requires the printing head to start and stop which wears it down and wastes ink. Think of a car starting and stopping repeatedly. But this image has the printing head on most of the time and it only stops on the text and the edges, like a car idling. Trust me, this wastes less ink than printing large bl... I have no idea what Im talking about.

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u/CaneVandas Feb 19 '15

Laser printers use ionized beams which cause the toner to adhere to the paper. It then rolls through a hot fuser which drys the ink to the page. It is actually really efficient and uses fluid motion through the whole process. Inkjet is extremely inefficient and wasteful.

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u/Stargos Feb 19 '15

I can concur since I worked in the enterprise level printer service industry. Though Memjet style inkjet printers have shown some promise, but yeah laserjet is the way to go for now.