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Thread #118224   Message #2829577
Posted By: Royston
04-Feb-10 - 02:56 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Printer is smoking
Subject: RE: Tech: Printer is smoking
The 'smoke' is fuser-oil vapour. This is a sheen of oil rolled onto the paper just after the toner. The paper passes over a heater-bar and the heat vaporises the oile. The oil fuses (fixes) the toner and boils off as a visible vapour (in the right light) and the paper emerges, hot, with a smudge-free printing job complete.