Printing

From experience, printing can be a huge pain. The types of printers that you are working with are crucial to the success or failure of your printing. Here is some basic information about printers to be aware of when deciding what you need to fulfill your printing needs.

Ink Jet Printers – They spray tiny drops of ink onto the paper to create the image.  The dots are as small as 50 microns.  A human hair is about 70 microns for reference, so don’t bother looking for them.  For more information about how ink jet printers work we recommend this website: http://www.howstuffworks.com/inkjet-printer.htm   

Laser Jet Printers – They use static electricity to stick plastic powder (toner) on the paper and then melt it onto the paper using a hot roller.  That’s right, laser jets don’t use ink they use toner which is a very fine plastic powder.  For more information about how these printers work I recommend this website: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/laser-printer.htm   There are color laser jet printers by the way.  They use toner that is black, cyan, magenta and yellow to create all the colors of the rainbow.