Talk:Toner

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1 Environmental Issues
2 (Should be) older comments
3 Toner Waste
4 External Links inappropriate?
5 Vs. Ink
6 POV

[edit] Environmental Issues

I know that manufacturers provide shipping for spent cartridges to protect the environment. What kind of harm do spent cartridges cause? Louis waweru 22:01, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Manufacturers provide return shipping for spent cartridges because customers expect it, because in some cases the manufacturers can refill the cartridges (thus reusing them) or at least keep them from third-party refillers, or because doing so is a regulatory requirement of some jurisdictions. The environmental impact of not doing so is mostly the additional load on landfill capacity. Pzavon 02:05, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] (Should be) older comments

I would like to know who invented the toner cartidge bag.

Thanks.

What is a "cartridge bag?" You either have a cartridge (a rigid container, usually easilly removed and replaced) or you have a bag (a flexible container). Pzavon 02:57, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I would like to know why it is called Toner -Towel401 21:49, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Because it tones (i.e. 'changes the colour of') the paper.--Jeffro77 12:19, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

What I want to know is why the article is a hardware stub, despite the fact that toner is not hardware, and Wikipedia articles for other consumables such as Ink and Paper are not listed as computer hardware stubs.--Jeffro77 12:19, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Toner generally comes in a cartridge, thereby qualifying it as hardware. wikipediatrix 13:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Toner is also used as a term for a skin care product. -- Littlefaith 06:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Um... yeah, I know. But I didn't think it was relevant.--Jeffro77 08:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

FYI- Your statement above reflects your opinion. What you think is relevant vs. what is relevant are two separate things- remember "neutrality". I would place a reference to it into the article. Thanks. --208.104.97.6 05:33, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

But I was actually looking for an article about that subject. 132.155.58.193 10:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to jump in and start an article for Skin Toner. wikipediatrix 13:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

How long can unopened/unused toner remain in storage for whatever reason and still be usable? Does it ever go bad?

The shelf life of toners varies from product to product. However the typical shelf life is somewhere in the area of 24 months if properly stored.

It goes "bad" if exposed to high enough temperatures. Time does not make it go bad.

Pzavon 17:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

It depends. Toner in and of itself is quite stable. A classic one piece "toner" cartridge consists of toner, an OPC (organic photo-conductor drum) and a doctor blade (used to scrape off waste toner), thus the life of the cartridge depends on the life of the components. Typically the adhesives that hold the doctor blade or the surface of the OPC will begin to degrade at some period, typically around 24 months. Again, the exact time depends on the manufacture of the cartridge and storage environment conditions. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 20:42, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toner Waste

Does anyone know what the difference is in composition, between toner and waste toner?

Except that some regulations treat anything declared to be "waste" in a different manner than the virgin material, there is usually no difference in composition between virgin toner and waste toner. In a color machine, of course, the waste toner will be an unseparable mixture of the various colored toners used in the machine. There is also the possibility of trace amounts of the photoreceptor surface layers finding their way into the waste toner collector. Pzavon 17:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External Links inappropriate?

It appears that all the external links listed in this article point to web sites that exist primarily to sell a product or service and are thus "usually to be avoided" in the Wikipedia. (See External_links) I invite anyone to show me why these are appropriate links adding to an article on what toner is. Failing that, I propose to remove those links in about 5 days. Pzavon 01:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vs. Ink

Are there any advantages of using toner? It seems kind of a primitive thing to me, but perhaps it has something ink doesn't...

For one, it does not dry out and clog its distribution channels to anyhting like the degree ink is capable of. It is also immediately dry upon exit from the machine. Pzavon 01:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)