laser printer

noun

1. Computers. a high-speed printer that uses a laser to form dot-matrix patterns and an electrostatic process to fuse metallic particles to paper a page at a time: capable of producing a variety of character fonts, graphics, and other symbols.

laser printer

noun

1. a quiet high-quality computer printer that uses a laser beam shining on a photoconductive drum to produce characters, which are then transferred to paper

laser printer

1. A type of printer that provides high-resolution images. A laser produces an image on a rotating drum, which is then rolled through a type of ink that transfers to the places illuminated by the laser.

Other Words From

• laser printing noun

Example Sentences

They then entered the hell of trying to persuade Xerox to integrate Interpress into its laser printers and other typographical products.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early 1970s, he worked at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, which had invented the personal computer and also a laser printer.

From Reuters

Mr. Runbeck’s field technicians soon determined that the problem lay in the insufficient temperature of the fuser, the component of a laser printer that heats the toner, causing it to adhere to paper.

From New York Times

“I could sit here and complain that I’m supposed to be spending my time making 3D laser printers, not looking at out-of-network health travel reimbursement rates. But this is the world we’re now in.”

From Seattle Times

As a young engineer at Stanford in the early 1980s, Poor had helped build one of the first laser printers in the United States.

From Washington Post