LED printers are becoming more popular than ever, as well as laser printers. Which is better? Here's a quick comparison.
Difference B/W LED vs Laser Printers
Laser printers work by reflecting light off of the surface of the paper, onto a drum where ink is placed. This is why they are known as "drum" printers. They require no moving parts. Because they don't move, they are less prone to jamming, and can produce a wider variety of colors.
LED printers use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to create an image. This is how they get their name: they print "ink" using tiny dots of light. They can do so at high resolution and speed, and in many different colors.
LED printers are generally smaller and cheaper than laser printers. However, laser printers are better for printing on multiple media types, such as plain paper, transparencies, labels, envelopes, etc. They also allow you to print on a wider variety of papers.
Both types of printers can produce black and white or full-color images. But because the lasers in laser printers are far more accurate and precise, you'll likely get sharper text, as well as better color gradients and details.
Because laser printers can print on so many different types of paper, they're great for office environments, too. For example, they can handle letter-sized paper, but can also handle business cards, envelopes, and postcards.
Laser printers have many advantages over LED printers. Let's go through some of the most important ones.
- Laser printers are much faster than LED printers. Laser printers use one of two methods to print. One way is the continuous printing method, in which the print head moves across the paper, slowly depositing ink. The second method is the line-by-line printing method, in which the print head deposits ink in lines, rather than continuously.
This makes laser printers far faster than LED printers. They can print a whole page at once, rather than needing to stop and start like LED printers.
- Another advantage of laser printers is that they can print on a wider range of media than LED printers can. LED printers only accept standard paper, while laser printers accept a wide variety of papers and media.
- Laser printers are also more expensive than LED printers. But there's one main reason why laser printers are more expensive than LED printers. Laser printers use toner instead of ink, which is a lot more expensive than ink. This means that the cost of laser printers is higher