printer health issues

Printer health issue

Many of us taught that printer that printer can’t be a health issues, but actually we are wrong, printer can be health issues, why, how can it be?

And in this article we are going to explain what are the factor.

And this are the factor:

  1. Toner:

Photocopiers and laser printers use toners as printing process. Toner is an extremely fine powder, which itself not categorized as a hazardous to health, but which they make hazardous is they are in form of dust, which can cause respiratory tract irritation, resulting in coughing sneezing.

The toner dust may spread to air surface for variety reason: toner dust spilled in the machine become a particle passing through air ventilation into the room, the waste toner compartment fills up and cause the toner to back to the machine, or the careless renewal of the toner cartridge causes a spill toner into the room.

And here some tips to prevention:

  • If any Toner be split, it is better to vacuum up, rather than brush off because to avoid raising up to the air again.
  • The remainder should be removed using damp clothes rinsed in cold water.
  • Hot water should be avoided, because it can cause the toner melt and become sticky.
  • Toner can be disposed as normal waste, and should be placed in a sealed bag to contain the fine powder.
  1. Polymer resin :

The image fixing of the final copy uses a low melt polymer resin: this varies in its composition dependent on the manufacturer. The heat is required for this process is just sufficient to melt the resin and vapor produced is minimal and insignificant.

  1. Ozone ( O3)

The consequence of exposure to concentrations of ozone is the most common concern among user of photocopiers and laser printers.

As Ozone is such highly reactive substance, any adverse health affect will be found site of initial contact.

  1. Light & Ultraviolet light:

the lamps in photocopiers emit light in both the visible and ultraviolet ranges. In general , Ultra violet light does not pass beyond the glass plate in which the original placed.

  1. Noise & heat

Copiers with collating abilities can be noisy and high speed copiers that are heavily used can generate considerable heat. and in office environment , noise levels at or below 50-55 decibles are preferable.

 

And to avoid this thing that can be found in printers and photocopiers here’s some tips to buy a good printer :

  1. Get the current price of each cartridge from the vendor’s own Website. If the vendor doesn’t sell cartridges directly to consumers, we average the prices collected from three or more major online retailers. Check to see whether a printer offers high-yield cartridges, which are often cheaper.
  2. All inkjet printer vendors publish yield data for their ink and toner cartridges, estimating how many pages a cartridge can print before it runs dry. Most vendors’ yields are based on an industry-standard measuring tool–a specific suite of documents printed at specific settings–so the results are comparable across different models. Finding the yields can require a little digging, but feel free to explore, and don’t hesitate to bug the vendor for guidance if you can’t easily find what you’re looking for.
  3. For each color, divide the price of the cartridge by the total page yield to obtain a figure for the cost per color per page. Be aware that your mileage will vary depending on what and how much you print from day to day.
  4. One more tip: Check the information on “what’s in the box” to see whether you’re getting full-size ink or toner cartridges or lower-capacity, “starter”-size supplies.Often, lower-end laser and LED printers come with starter-size supplies, forcing you to buy a full set of replacement cartridges almost immediately. It’s getting harder to avoid this vendor trick, but at least you’ll be aware of it.

  5. It’s wise to take engine-speed specifications with a grain of salt, as they may not reflect your usage pattern. Nevertheless, they provide some indication of what the printer could accomplish under optimal conditions. A printer with an print output speed of less than 20 pages per minute will probably be pretty slow; a range of 20 ppm to 40 ppm is adequate for most offices; and a speed greater than 40 ppm is ready for higher-volume use (and such printers are priced accordingly)

  6.  Host-based printers lack their own image-processing power. Instead, they depend on a connected PC to handle the job for them. For any printer that has a dedicated processor, the higher the megahertz (MHz), the faster the machine can receive, interpret, and print a job.

    The number and size of expected jobs will dictate how much memory your printer should have. A typical amount for abusiness printer can be anywhere from 64MB to 256MB. Higher-end models have room for expansion.

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