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Figure 26-11 Laser printer’s toner cartridge

NOTE Color laser printers have four toner cartridges: black, cyan,

magenta, and yellow.

Imaging Drum The imaging drum (also called the photosensitive drum) is

an aluminum cylinder coated with particles of photosensitive compounds.

The drum itself is grounded to the power supply, but the coating is not. When

light hits these particles, whatever electrical charge they may have “drains”

out through the grounded cylinder.

Erase Lamp The erase lamp exposes the entire surface of the imaging

drum to light, making the photosensitive coating conductive. Any electrical

charge present in the particles bleeds away into the grounded drum, leaving

the surface particles electrically neutral.

Primary Corona/Charge Roller The primary corona wire (or primary

charge roller, in newer laser printers), located close to the photosensitive

drum, never touches the drum. When the primary corona or primary charge

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