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Guess what?, Did you know that, printing that is done on both sides of the page could possibly cause a broken printer.

By: Stockland Preston

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Have you ever printed on both sides of the page in so that you can save the number of pieces of paper used?

It is very common that home and small office printers cannot to print on both sides of the page. Whilst it is your intention to save paper (and help the environment), which is a admirable quest, printing on both sides of the page with a printer without duplex capabilities can be costly and use more printer cartridges and toner than single sided printing - (often known as simplex printing).

Visualize the process of a laser printer. Paper feeds in, printer ink is now magnetized onto a drum ( according to the message sent from the computer, toner is rolled onto the paper and the paper feeds through various belts and rollers to the fuser unit a component that melts the toner to the page. A printed page of paper feeds through more rollers and belts out of the printer.

when you turn the paper over so that you print on the opposite side with a a non-duplex-ready printer, after the paper reaches the fuser unit it heats the toner on BOTH SIDES of the page. Melted toner can then be deposited onto the rollers throughout the printer. Printed pages could have words ghosted on subsequent which results in that the whole project is a waste. If the problem is bad enough, you may need to replace the printer.

By heating a page, can result in also the paper to curl slightly on the edges. Printing essentially changes the composition of the paper. Non-duplex machines can often get stuck with paper that has already been printed on. Removing a paper jam can be quite time consuming and distracting, and can often harm the printer or toner or printer ink cartridge, especially if the paper tears and a piece gets left behind. Damage to the sensitive drum or rollers also occurs when paper jams are not fixed carefully.

In the same way, the issue exists with inkjet printers. Ink takes more time to dry than toner, and streaks of wet ink on the printer rollers may cause streaks and lines on the following pages, causing a non professional result and wastage.

If you are looking to buy a new laser or ink printer, and you want to print on both sides of the page, a lot of of printers have the letter D in their model number to indicate that the printer is a duplex-ready printer. A duplex printer has the correct mechanics that stops printing problems issues like ghosting etc. on the paper.

You really should check your with your printer manufacturer to see if the printer is an automatic or a manual duplex. A manual printer requires that you will have to turn the pages over yourself and re-feed into the printer paper tray when instructed to by the printer. However, In contrast, an automatic duplex printer has a mechanism inside that turns and feeds the paper back into the printer without requiring human intervention.

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