Is There A Laser Travel Printer?
We all love laser printers. The quality and speed of laser printers is something which most of us fall for. Wondering whether you could ever enjoy a laser travel printer? You must surely be hoping that the quality of prints you get while traveling is the same as the one you get from home laser printers.
Unfortunately there are no travel printers which work on laser technology! There are compact laser printers but surely not travel laser printers. The reason is that laser technology used in the printer itself.
A laser printer does not print pictures like an inkjet printer. They print page by page and not line by line. First the entire document is transferred in the laser printer’s memory. Then the data is imprinted on the drum which rotates. Then that drum is rolled on the paper transferring the ink to the paper. Then the ink is heated at such high temperatures that it binds with the paper.
This mechanism of the laser printer requires lots of space. It has to fit in the drums and the other components to heat the toner. Plus the regular components of the printer will be there too. All this makes it difficult for the laser printer to be modified to a printer for traveling.
Another drawback for the laser printer is that it requires a lot of power. It needs to store larger data like a whole document, then roll the drums and finally heat the toner. All this requires so much power that a normal battery will not sustain for that many hours. Even if a battery is installed it will drain out too quickly. We need a printer with extensive battery hours which is not feasible with a laser printer.
Just because of the mechanism, the two desktop printers have a vast difference in sizes; with the inkjet printer being smaller and compact than a laser printer. The laser printers were so bulky initially that they were not even considered for household use. With the advancement in technology laser printers have reduced in size considerably. The most current laser printer weighs about 10lbs. But even that size is not considered good for a printer made for traveling .
One other shortfall in the laser printer is that laser printer is black and white only. There are color printers available but they are beyond a normal person’s budget. Anyway a travel printer is mostly used for business purposes. Those who want it for other leisure use opt for photo printers or Photosmart printers. So a black and white laser travel printer doesn’t seem to be useful for everybody. And the colored laser travel printer will cost a fortune.
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