Final report: methods for characterizing emissions from laser printers.

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• Personal Author:
  Gressel MG
• Description:
  In the interest of improving indoor air quality, an investigation was performed to develop methods for determining ozone (10028156), particulate and volatile organic compound (VOC) emission rates from laser printers, and to provide emission rates for some printers. Four different printers were tested in a validated environmental chamber. Significant levels of ozone were produced by older printers which used a corona wire. Maintenance of these older printers' ozone filters tended to reduce the generation of ozone during operation. The new printers which used a charged roller rather than a corona wire produced little ozone. For all printers the amount of particulate produced was extremely low. However, particulate generation during the toner cartridge replacement operation was not evaluated, nor was there any attempt made to consider the possible particulate generation caused by the use of different printer papers. The volatile organic compounds produced were butanol (71363) and xylene (1330207). The significance of these was dependent on the other sources of VOCs available. The author concludes that the information generated in this study will assist with sizing a building's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, and thereby maintain acceptable levels of indoor air quality.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aluminum Silicates Construction Materials Dust Health Surveys Noise Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preceptorship Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Airborne-particles Control-technology Field-Study Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Office-equipment Organic-solvents Toxic-gases

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-130
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00239440
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ECTB 211-04, 1997 Jun; :1-130
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; 1-Butanol (CAS RN 71-36-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:82bd48e658d44f697630fda643633f02c5df8acb16c09d5ff678c5d7ccb2cc430ec831f0e8cb4092af02d9735e149e7dd469dd965237195edc8d0d393896fbe2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180986/cdc_180986_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.67 MB ]