Re: sticky copies and laser prints

[Jon Elson via cctalk]

On 06/06/2017 05:58 PM, David Griffith via cctalk wrote:


Often when I comb through old documentation, I find that 
the years, heat, and pressure appear to have remelted the 
toner such that pages get stuck together.  Is there a 
danger of that happening with modern toners?


Yes.  If stored at high temperatures, like a garage in 
summer, the toner will slowly melt and fuse the pages.
Also, the plasticizer in vinyl notebook binders diffuses 
through the pages causing the same effect, at least a dozen 
pages in.  If the pages are printed only on one side, it 
isn't that bad, if printed both sides it makes a real mess 
of the printed image.


Jon

Re: sticky copies and laser prints

[william degnan via cctalk]

I would bet that there is a "best way" to open a stuck page, but I usually
open very slowly to reduce damage.  It's bad enough we have to worry about
the machines, the disks, the batteries, the caps, the

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On 06/06/2017 23:58, David Griffith via cctalk wrote:
>
>>
>> Often when I comb through old documentation, I find that the years, heat,
>> and pressure appear to have remelted the toner such that pages get stuck
>> together.  Is there a danger of that happening with modern toners?
>>
>
> Yes.  Toner composition hasn't changed much.  BTW, the worst culprit is
> the plasticiser in PVC ring binders.  All mine have at least one sheet of
> acetate (most OHP (viewgraph) transparency sheets work) in front of the
> first page, and behind the last page, which helps prevent the problem.
>
> --
> Pete
> Pete Turnbull
>

Re: sticky copies and laser prints

[Pete Turnbull via cctalk]

On 06/06/2017 23:58, David Griffith via cctalk wrote:


Often when I comb through old documentation, I find that the years, 
heat, and pressure appear to have remelted the toner such that pages get 
stuck together.  Is there a danger of that happening with modern toners?


Yes.  Toner composition hasn't changed much.  BTW, the worst culprit is 
the plasticiser in PVC ring binders.  All mine have at least one sheet 
of acetate (most OHP (viewgraph) transparency sheets work) in front of 
the first page, and behind the last page, which helps prevent the problem.


--
Pete
Pete Turnbull

Re: sticky copies and laser prints

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jun 6, 2017, at 6:58 PM, David Griffith via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Often when I comb through old documentation, I find that the years, heat, and 
> pressure appear to have remelted the toner such that pages get stuck 
> together.  Is there a danger of that happening with modern toners?

I would think so.  The underlying technology is unchanged as far as I know.  
It's still plastic dust that's placed in patterns by electrostatic charges and 
melted onto the paper.

paul