[header] How to earn money as a desktop publisher [title] Purchase a printer. [step] Quality laser printers which a few years ago sold for 40 , 000 to 50 , 000 can now be bought for less than 12 , 000. The laser printer is key element in making desktop publishing possible. 
The laser in the printer is activated to " paint " a picture of the computer file which was created through desktop publishing software. As such it acts as a photocopier, by scanning back and forth at high speeds while the drum containing the toner rotates back and forth.