Modern laser printers and copiers use a finely powdered plastic
toner to create the letters and pictures that are on the page.
The plastic dust is placed onto the paper electrostatically, and
is fused to the paper with very hot silicone rubber pinch roller.
When you put such a printed sheet of paper into a vinyl binder,
the same plasticizer that makes the vinyl soft and flexible will
out gas and soften the plastic toner that is the printing on the
paper.
In my experience, you are screwed at this point. The plastic
letters will be sticking to the adjacent sheet with the same
vigor as they stick to the original sheet.
-Chuck Harris
On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:01:10 -0800 "Lexter Negron via groups.io"
<lexternegron@...> wrote:
Will do. An update, I found exactly what to call this courtesy of
someone from EEVblog. Was found thru searching "toner" in the old
threads.
/g/HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment/topic/a_new_threat_to_the_hp_manual/24809333
/g/HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment/topic/24809337
/g/HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment/topic/24809401
I've currently stopped any separation on my part to see what options
I can take. Also I'm in the Houston area in Texas. Some of the stuff
was stored in a neighboring state. For the most part it gets hot and
humid but can get snow/frost. I suspect heating from many summers in
a warehouse did this.
-Lex
