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Just learned that laser toner is not a liquid

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Is your head shaped like an orange? Do you live on the other side of the moon? How do you not know what kind of printer it is you have? My god.
 
Someone at work found that out the hard way recently, she look like a 18th century chimney sweeper afterward.
 
I remember the "xerox fluid" or ditto fluid from the 60's...wow, what a buzz that stuff would give. <woozy>
 
Some laser printers/copiers use liquid toners. We had a Savin copier that used a two-part liquid toner/dispersant that was a pain in the ass and expensive as all hell. The toner frequently leaked, and the dispersant was more flammable than jet fuel.
 
Quintox said:
My sarcasm meter is not working well but that's interesting.
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It's not sarcasm.

The toner's actually a plastic and it's melted by the fuser. The laser applies the image to a charged roller, which is then transferred to the paper via an opposite charge applied to the paper. It travels through the fuser which melts the toner to the page - fusing them.

Laser toner is some nasty shit to clean up when spilled; DO NOT use your vacuum. DO NOT breathe it in. Household vacuum filters are not fine enough to trap typical toner; use a wet cloth to clean it up.

Everyone knows this. Apparently.
 
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rivan said:
It's not sarcasm.

The toner's actually a plastic and it's melted by the fuser. The laser applies the image to a charged roller, which is then transferred to the paper via an opposite charge applied to the paper. It travels through the fuser which melts the toner to the page - fusing them.

Laser toner is some nasty shit to clean up when spilled; DO NOT use your vacuum. DO NOT breathe it in. Household vacuum filters are not fine enough to trap typical toner; use a wet cloth to clean it up.
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I learned this in my computer 101 class years ago. How does atot not know this? I thought everybody knows this?
 
BoomerD said:
I remember the "xerox fluid" or ditto fluid from the 60's...wow, what a buzz that stuff would give. <woozy>
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I remember when my Dads office bought a Xerox Photocopier (late 60's) that the toner was liquid. Copies where a dried within the machine and had a certain smell when it came out. The light emitted within the copier was green IIRC. I was so impressed with this new technology I made copies of my paper currency/hand. I was admonished by my Dad not to waste it since the paper used was expensive. They also had a microfliche for their aircraft parts & manuals to refer to and also an IBM Selectric II.
 
I like toner, try it with peanut butter on toasts. Have to be quick though you want to apply the toner when the toasts are still hot, then the peanut butter on top.
 
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