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A laser printer is a common type of computer printer that quickly produces high quality text and graphics on simple paper. As with digital photocopiers and multifunction printers (MFPs), laser printers use a xerographic printing process but differ from analog photocopiers in that the image is formed by the direct scanning of a laser beam across the printer's photoreceptor.

The cost of this equipment depends on a combination of factors, including the cost of paper, toner, and infrequent drum replacement, as well as the replacement of other consumables such as the fuser assembly and transfer assembly. Often printers with soft plastic drums can have a very high price of ownership that does not become apparent until the drum requires replacement.

Laser printers have many important advantages over other types of printers. Unlike impact printers, laser printer speed can vary broadly, and depends on many factors, including the graphic intensity of the job being processed. The greatest and fastest models can print over 200 monochrome pages per minute (12,000 pages per hour). The best color laser printers can print over 100 pages per minute (6000 pages per hour). Very high-speed laser printers are used for mass mailings of personalized papers, such as credit card or utility bills, and are competing with lithography in some commercial applications.