8 Dec
2010
8 Dec
'10
3:07 p.m.
On 12/8/10 4:47 PM, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
They do not use the same engine. They are similar (since they use the
same physical cartridge) but the way the operate is very different. The
CX laser printer engine uses a laser diode (I don't recall if it is
visible or infrared) to scan across the drum, while the PC-1 photocopier
uses an incandescent lamp to illuminate a strip across the page as it is
scanned. The wavelength and amount of radiant energy involved are
completely different.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
I worked on
the Canon CX and SX engines for a living for a few years.
I remember pretty clearly that the PC-1 copier cartridges are
physically identical, but they don't work. The composition of either
the drum coating or the toner is different.
Strange, they use even the same engine, why woulnd't work? ;oO