As with digital photocopiers and multifunction printers (MFPs), laser printers employ a xerographic printing process but differ from analog photocopiers in that the image is produced by the direct scanning of a laser beam across the printer's photoreceptor.
与数字复印机和多功能打印机（MFPs）一样，激光打印机采用的也是静电印刷的打印过程，但与模拟影印机不同的地方在于，激光打印机的图像是激光光束直接扫描打印机的感光器产生的。