Standard paper can be used, but bleeding may occur when printing solid colors at the highest available resolution. By using a heavier weight, glossy paper, bleeding may be non-existent. The ink for these printers is water soluble, so care must be taken not to get prints wet or they'll smear. Typically, inkjet printers perform quietly, but are slow compared to standard laser printers. Inkjet technology is low cost with professional output.
Laser printers use a toner-based product similar to standard black and white laser printers.
Typically, a color laser printer uses black, cyan, magenta and yellow toner cartridges. Each type of laser uses slightly different printing mechanisms. However, the typical color laser applies a static charge to a photo conductive belt. A laser beam exposes the areas not to be printed, leaving charged the areas that will be printed. Powdered toner sticks to the charged areas of the drum.