Epson Toner
It’s very easy to get blinded by science when one looks at the technological innovations of the last half a century. We now take for granted the use of many everyday things such as mobile phones, photocopiers, computers and of course printers. Whilst all these modern gadgets are invaluable an amazing number of people (including the author) don’t really understand them fully.
You can read the ‘manual’ of many electronic marvels and be none the wiser in many cases as they are usually written by scientists for other scientists, or so it seems to we ordinary mortals. The younger generation have a distinct advantage in many cases, often due to the fact that they were not even born when, for instance, mobile phones took over a large percentage of the telecommunications market from the landline, affordable printers took over from carbon paper and computers became a way of life for many. My six year old daughter knows more about how to use a mobile telephone than my parents, who still haven’t a clue after 8 years of ownership. Text’s and SMS?
Many ‘manuals’ supposedly there to enable a new user to operate whatever machine it is effectively miss out the fundamentals. If, for instance you are new to printers you are unlikely to be able to understand some of the `instructions’ because they use words you have never come across before. Frustrating for the proud possessor of a new camera, computer, printer or whatever. What is toner and why do I need it? is an often asked question for new users of printers (and photocopiers), and the ‘presumption of some specialist knowledge’ is often experienced when looking at the ‘manual’.
Epson Toner in a nutshell, is, alongside ink, one of the things you need to put into many printers to make them work properly. Think of the ink being like petrol or gas in a car with the toner being the oil necessary to make the car work without seizing. Without gas or oil a car will not work. Without toner and ink a printer will not work. OK, but what does toner do?
Toner is a powder used by laser printers to create an image on the paper. In the ‘old days’ this was a carbon powder, but with the improvement in technologies now includes a polymer. The type of polymer (or additive) varies with the manufacturer, which is why it is important to get the right type for the right printer. The toner particles (they seem just like a fine dust) are melted onto the paper by the printer and this binds the toner to the paper. Yes it is a bit like up-market carbon paper in the way it works but with ‘space age technology’.
Epson toner has been especially developed to suite the machines in which they are used and to give the very best quality to the finished product when printing. Other manufacturers use slightly different techniques for their own machines so use different types of toner to suite their own products, in the same way that Epson uses very different (scientifically) techniques from other manufacturers for its inkjet printers.
So when your printer does run out of toner, which of course depends upon how much you use it, don’t worry. You can easily find the right Epson toner in one of your local outlets, or, naturally, on the internet.
It’s actually very easy to buy the right Epson toner for your own machine. Just match your printer’s number to the recommended Epson toners available and that’s the one you
