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Receipt printers are thermal and they print all day long. Thermal printers use a thin wire that heats up in certain sections. The paper is heat sensitive. Funn
by dghughes 3y ago
Receipt printers are thermal and they print all day long.
Thermal printers use a thin wire that heats up in certain sections. The paper is heat sensitive. Funny though I discovered you can erase a thermal image using a highlighter pen (at old job where clerks had to highlight a section. Ooops!)
The paper is probably more of a danger since thermal paper supposedly is loaded with BPA.
- rpastuszak 3y ago> The paper is probably more of a danger since thermal paper supposedly is loaded with BPA. Apparently not the case any more.
- Schinken_ 3y agoThere are several types still in circulation from what I gathered. The common white/greyish ones might still be a health risk. Supposedly these blue ones that some shops have adapted is a lot better (and even recyclable?). https://www.koehlerpaper.com/en/products/Thermal-paper/TH_Blue4est_Labels.php https://www.koehlerpaper.com/en/products/Thermal-paper/TH_Bl...
- IanCal 3y agoI'm not saying there is a risk of fire but > Receipt printers are thermal and they print all day long. Not continuously, and not fully black pages.
- mschuster91 3y ago> The paper is probably more of a danger since thermal paper supposedly is loaded with BPA. That's been banned in the EU since 2020, the question is if its replacement BPS isn't just as bad... [1] [1] https://echa.europa.eu/de/-/bisphenol-s-has-replaced-bisphenol-a-in-thermal-paper https://echa.europa.eu/de/-/bisphenol-s-has-replaced-bisphen...