Iphepha elishisayo wuhlobo oluthile lwephepha olusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokunikeza okushisayo ukuze kwakhe amaphethini. Iphepha elishisayo alidingi amaribhoni noma amakhatriji ayinki, ngokungafani nephepha elivamile. Iphrinta ngokushisisa ingaphezulu lephepha, okubangela ungqimba lwezithombe lwephepha ukuthi luphendule futhi ludale iphethini. Ngaphezu kokuba nemibala egqamile, le ndlela yokunyathelisa nayo inencazelo enhle futhi imelana nokufiphala.
Iphepha elishisayo liyiphepha elikhethekile elingaphrinta amaphethini ngobuchwepheshe bokunikeza okushisayo. Ngokungafani nephepha lendabuko, iphepha elishisayo alidingi ama-cartridge kayinki noma amaribhoni. Umgomo wayo wokunyathelisa uwukusebenzisa ukushisa ebusweni bephepha, ukuze ungqimba lwe-photosensitive ephepheni luphendule ukwenza iphethini.