Just before the fuse



On a laser printer, what happens just prior to the fusing process?

A) The laser writes the image to the photosensitive drum

B) The toner is transferred from the photosensitive drum to the paper

C) The toner is transferred from the toner cartridge to the photosensitive drum

D) The remaining toner is cleaned from the photosensitive drum

E) The printer determines the importance of your output and deletes anything that meets your definition of high priority


The answer: B) The toner is transferred from the photosensitive drum to the paper

Once the toner is transferred to the paper, the next step is to permanently fuse the toner to the paper using heat and pressure.

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