How a Color Laser Printer Works -- Inside an HP® 2600 Toner Cartridge

This animated video takes a look into the electrophotographic process, used by HP® CP2600 laser printers to create vivid color prints.

[Captain.Dank]

2014: a video about how a printer works

2021: *PRINTER LORE*

[ManishSinghk]

I have developed so much respect for my printer after watching this video.

[mokow]

Aight for those who didn't understand: Basically they use the laser to charge with positive energy certain parts of the cilinder, then they charge the toner dust with negative energy which makes it stick to the cilinder, then the dust sticks to the paper (it does that with every cartridge) and at the end the colors are fused to the paper by melting it.

[rooneye]

This is so complicated, man. Amazing that people were able to create this thing. The human brain is pretty awesome.

[haninaltammar]

When the animation looks bomb but you did not understand anything from it

[TheTornado]

It's mind boggling to think about how many things are going on every single time you hit the print key...

[marmarxgoesxrawr]

Anyone else here just bored at the office and just look at their toner printer and just wonder how the hell it works? Thats what brought me here

[jackfrost]

And I can get all this precise technology for $100, amazing!

[chanelf.]

Very helpful, watched a 20 minute video on Laser printers with absolutely no graphics and a white board with a dull Expo marker.
Thanks for making this video, visualization helps.

[davidw]

Both the animation and the narration/script are really well done. Thanks

[Frizzable]

googled how a laser printer works, now i gotta good how this toner stuff works to understand how a laser printer works

[bluepink]

My brain at 3AM: How does a printer work on the inside?

Me trying to sleep: 😩

[ericmiller]

I understood more on how a Plumbus was made on rick and morty than this.

[SergeantExtreme]

The thing I like about printing in toner is that you can FEEL the words on the paper. I guess you could say it's a nice touch.

[izanazir]

I never knew Printer-chan had such a complex process inside his tummy. Respect to
Printer-chan!

[SwissplWatches]

Kind of really incredible! The things we take for granted.

[ludwigjosh]

Printer: printer goess brrrr

Printer lore:

[xvnpdbw]

some deeply enlightening music on this video. This is my favourite video of any printer. PERIOD!

[O-xp]

For anyone that doesn’t really get it here’s what I got:

The printer pretty much creates an image with a laser on to a rolling pin thing. This attracts the ink.

The paper then passes over the rolling pin which effectively places the ink on the paper

This process occurs for each colour (I think)

Then to make it smooth it goes through a tighter roller to press it to the paper

[guywhodoesntgetthejoke]

I like how when I look at newest first the first 5 comments for me are literally just “Printer lore”