Laser printers can seem like complicated machines, unfathomable to anyone without an engineering degree. The average person simply prints his documents and gets on with his day, never stopping to wonder how his business memo materialised on that piece of paper.

Still, if you’re reading this, it’s probably because you did stop to wonder, and now you’re naggingly curious about the inner workings of your laser printer. So...

How Do Laser Printers Work?

Well, for one thing, they don’t just squirt ink onto the page like inkjet appliances. Ink and toner are two very different things, and the laser printing process is a little more intricate than printing with ink.

Laser printers make clever use of things like static electricity and oppositely-charged ions, but here’s an analogy that’s slightly easier to swallow: printing with toner is a lot like playing with glitter and glue. You probably did this when you were small; wrote your name in glue, covered the page in glitter, and then shook off the excess to reveal that the glitter had stuck to the glue in the right shapes, spelling your name out in glimmering golden letters.

Well, laser printing is actually very similar to that. Toner is the glitter that spells things out, and because the toner is positively-charged, it sticks to the negatively-charged parts of the imaging drum, which then transfers your images and/or text to the page.

So where does the ‘laser’ enter into it?

Ah, well, the laser is what creates the negative charge on the imaging drum, effectively telling the toner where to stick and what shapes to form. In our glitter analogy, the laser is YOU, squeezing glue onto the page to spell out your name.

This is a somewhat simplified explanation of the whole process, of course, but next time you look at your laser printer, at least you’ll have a reasonable idea of what’s going on in there!

Any other questions? Pop over to our Contact page and the City Ink experts will help you out!

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When it comes to technology of any kind, Samsung are some of the biggest players in the game. They’re infamous for their mobile devices, PCs, cameras and televisions, so it’s no surprise that their printers pack a mighty punch too. Samsung profess to provide competitive, advanced and high-quality printers on a global basis – but these printers won’t work if they run out of toner now will they?

That’s why we at City Ink Express offer a huge range of toner cartridges for Samsung printers. We’ve got toner for a number of Samsung printer models, both genuine Samsung toners and high-quality replacements which are slightly cheaper, but will still provide you with a guaranteed top-quality printing job every time.

To see which Samsung toner cartridges we have available simply select your model number from this list and you’ll be presented with a number of high quality Samsung toner cartridgeswhich are compatible with your printer.

If you need a toner cartridge for a Samsung printer that we haven’t listed, please get in touch with us and we will do our best to research and see if we can supply an appropriate Samsung toner cartridge for you. 

If your printer is a little under the weather and in need of a new toner then you need look no further than City Ink Express. We have an extensive variety of cheap Brother toner options to fit a huge variety of Brother printer models.

If your toner has conked out, you can purchase an original brother toner cartridge or a compatible Brother toner for a wide range of Brother printer models ensuring you can find a replacement Brother toner cartridge for well within your budget.

Try though you might, unfortunately without a toner cartridge your Brother printer simply will not work, and a new Brother toner is necessary to get your printer back in tip top condition. Replacing your brother toner cartridge need not cost you a fortune, however, and with City Ink Express’s extensive variety of low-price options you will find a compatible Brother toner in no time!

To order your Brother toner cartridge from City Ink Express simply pop to the Brother Toner section of the website and select your Brother printer model from the extensive list of options available. Once you have chosen your printer model type you will be presented with a list of compatible brother toner options to suit your financial budget. Select the one you want and simply wait for our speedy delivery!

For any help on installing your Brother toner cartridge email us at support@cityinkexpress.co.uk or contact us via Facebook or Google+!