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josef

i love the idea of having a little printer, like a few inches wide at most. but theyre all thermal arent they. so you print something and 5 years later it's blank. did you ever even print it at all??? also i learnt at one point that a lot of thermal paper has something incredibly fucked in it but i forget what. something probably made by 3M which they call like PrintBrite(TM) and you look it up and its a chemical called 6-6-6-asbestocyanide

26 Nov 2024 at 15:36 | Open on mastodon.social
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iAmAnEngarneer
josef
allie
@jk @engarneering should also make sure you don't roll it into a straw and drink through it :floofWoozy:
Participants were also evaluated for interactions with thermal paper in an unanticipated way. Individuals were considered to have abnormal handling patterns if they handled the thermal paper in a way that deviates significantly from the intended use of the paper, which could potentially alter their exposure to chemicals in thermal paper. We observed 13 individuals (2%) interacting with their receipt in a manner that was not anticipated from typical usage patterns (Fig 2). One subject was observed taking the receipt, rolling it into a cylinder and using it as a drinking straw. Three individuals used the receipt to blot lipstick and two additional participants placed their receipt in their mouth while handling other objects (plates, wallets, cell phones, etc.). Two participants were seen using their receipts as napkins to remove food from their faces, and another three subjects were observed using the receipt to remove food from their hands. One individual used a receipt to blot the grease from his pizza and finally one individual used a receipt to stop bleeding from a small cut on his hand.
a pie chart. 98% normal handling, 2% abnormal handling. in the 2%: 1 rolled into straw. 3 blotted lipstick. 2 placed in mouth. 2 wiped face. 3 wiped hands. 1 blotted pizza. 1 treated wound.
26 Nov 2024 at 16:10 | Open on labyrinth.zone
timmy :flow:

@jk @engarneering you know how waterbottles are labeled BPA-free? well receipt paper is bpa-full

26 Nov 2024 at 16:25 | Open on goblin.camp
iAmAnEngarneer

@timmy @jk ive seen bpafree receipt paper too, but not all

26 Nov 2024 at 16:34 | Open on floss.social
nytpu ‮

@jk Without PrintBrite the paper is so crappy that it fades after 5 minutes, and it took 30 years for them to figure out a replacement that makes prints last 1 year instead of 5 years but don't instantaneously give you cancer

26 Nov 2024 at 15:39 | Open on tilde.zone
bhtooefr
netbat

@jk they should make it disappear faster. I want the things I print to disappear like a reverse-Polaroid

26 Nov 2024 at 15:48 | Open on bat.netbat.net
Aurora 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

@jk@mastodon.social They have thermal transfer printers that melt a resin onto the paper for printing. Very compact and very durable, but not particularly cheap. They probably still contain asbestocyanide though.

26 Nov 2024 at 16:42 | Open on woem.men
Brie Mmm
There are small portable printers for photos, I believe their printouts last a bit longer. But paper/ink cartridges tend to be costly.
26 Nov 2024 at 17:02 | Open on venera.social
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