i got me an ozone generator…

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– >Hash: SHA1 >…turned it on for a tryout, and it immediately gave my wife an asthma >attack. even i smelled it, and my nose is notoriously insensitive to >just about anything. >well, technically it’s not _supposed_ to be an ozone generator, at least >i don’t think so. it calls itself a Canon LBP-4sx and pretends to be a >laser printer – says it was manufactured back in november of 1992, which >has things to do with why i got it for free. >even so, just a single test page setting off an attack is not >acceptable. does anybody here have experience with de-ozonising small >office equipment? anybody know if brand new laser printers emit less of >the stuff? i’m pretty sure that these days they’re not supposed to make >the air smell clearly metallic just from one single page. can anything >be done to mitigate it, or will i have to toss it and pay up for a good >one?

Brand new laser printers are supposed to have ozone filters in them. The ‘indoor air quality’ regulations as proposed by the EPA require that there be no detectible ozone emissions from office equipment. I suggest that you call the customer support number on the printer documentation and ask if this product is supposed to have an ozone filter.  If not, you may have to return it and replace it with a better quality printer. There is no ‘Army of One’ in the word: ‘Team’

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