Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Terminology -- Laser/Scanner Assembly vs. Printhead

Since early days, we've been accustomed to the term 'laser/scanner assembly' (often just 'scanner') for the item in a printer that provides the laser beam scanning and modulation to write a latent electrostatic image on a drum. But with the advent of so many multifunction machines with document scanners on them, confusion begins to creep in when one says 'scanner'.

That points up the wisdom of Lexmark's choice of the term 'printhead' for laser/scanner assembly. The term is unambiguous, and can't be miscontrued as having anything to do with a document scanner.

So, throughout the posts here, I'll use the term 'printhead' for the laser/scanner assembly in any make of printer.

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