• @fork@endlesstalk.org
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    12 years ago

    No he clearly says no ink and no toner. Toner is melted onto the paper after a laser (now mostly LEDs) heat up a drum. He’s talking about burning the paper with a laser… Which would be interesting but really hard to do where a top layer is burned black without toasting the rest of the layers.

    • swab148
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      12 years ago

      Pretty sure that’s how my receipt printer works, but it’s just one color onto specialized paper.