What is the Toner - What is toner??

A printing consumable toner is a powder that is used to form a printed image on a substrate Early toners were made by mixing carbon powder iron oxide and sugar Modern toners are made by melt-mixing the carbon powder with a polymer and are commonly available in the four process colours Cyan Magenta Yellow Black which are made by adding a pigment to the toner Toners are stored in and fed from toner cartridges which are used in dry printing processes such as electrostatic printing ion deposition printing laser printing and xerography The electrostatic properties of toner particles mean they can be formed into an image on a substrate using static electricity before being bonded to the substrate by a combination of heat to melt the toner particles and pressure

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Monochrome (mono) - What is monochrome?

Definition of MONOCHROME:

A term that describes an image that is made up of only one colour, although it may include varying tones of that single colour. Monochrome is most commonly used to describe black and white images, but the term applies to any image that only uses one colour. A monochrome printer will only use one colour ink or toner to produce different shades of that colour and create a monochrome image; generally speaking, most monochrome printers will have a black cartridge as the single colour.

A monochrome image of a hot air balloon over a field of lavender at sunset; the image is made up entirely of different shades of purple.

Here is the Harvard-style citation to use if you would like to reference this definition of the word monochrome:
Label Planet (2020) What is monochrome? | Monochrome (mono) Definition. Available at: https://www.labelplanet.co.uk/glossary/monochrome-mono/ (Accessed: January 1, 2024).

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