ozone smell?

[krypton]

What does ozone smell like, my laser printer may or maynot need it's filter
replacing, I would prefer not to though because of the cost and what I have
spent on it already, and besides I do not use it heavily, only print maybe
20 pages at once and would rarely print more than this in a day. Anyhow I
just noticed the room I have my laserjet III in has a smell that smells like
those purple ink printed pages you used to get at school 20 years ago, this
is the first time I have noticed this smell and I have just printed out
about 20 pages so could this be ozone I am smelling.

 

[magpie]

Hi Krypton,

I never really thought about the similarity between duplicator fluid and
ozone before, but you are right, they have a similar smell. Ozone is
the "fresh" smell that laundry has when it comes out of a dryer which
has a UV light for sterilization, or the smell after a massive
lightening storm. It is slightly acrid. From your explanation, (the
smell of duplicator fluid) I'd say you are smelling ozone.

Art

I agree and would strongly urge krypton to replace the filter. Ozone,
in an enclosed room is NOT good for your health. It really doesn't
matter how much you print, it's how many pages the printer has printed
in total and the enviroment it's in.

Frank

 

[krypton]

Thanks for that Art, but it really doesn't sound like I am smelling ozone
from other peoples description's, I wish I knew exactly what that purple
printed paper was that I was talking about so I could explain better, it was
a very strong and distinctive smell, a little like some felt pens can smell
but different, but very strong as I say, although not unpleasant, quite nice
in some ways actually. The purple print process was quite crude as the print
use to look like it was bleeding.
Someone else said that ozone can smell like the smell you get with slotcars
which is certainly completely different to what I am smelling.
"From your explanation, (the

smell of duplicator fluid) I'd say you are smelling ozone." sorry don't

get what you are saying here, is there a link between toner and ozone smell?

 

[Wayne Ware]

You are thinking of paper from a mimeograph machine.

 

[Lee Babcock]

Thanks for that Art, but it really doesn't sound like I am smelling ozone
from other peoples description's, I wish I knew exactly what that purple
printed paper was that I was talking about so I could explain better, it was
a very strong and distinctive smell, a little like some felt pens can smell
but different, but very strong as I say, although not unpleasant, quite nice
in some ways actually. The purple print process was quite crude as the print
use to look like it was bleeding.
Someone else said that ozone can smell like the smell you get with slotcars
which is certainly completely different to what I am smelling.
"From your explanation, (the
get what you are saying here, is there a link between toner and ozone smell?

You are talking about Ditto (spirit) Duplicators and the smell is that
of methyl hydrate (gas line anti-freeze)
Regards
Lee

 

[Arthur Entlich]

You are talking about Ditto (spirit) Duplicators and the smell is that
of methyl hydrate (gas line anti-freeze)
Regards
Lee

Hi Lee,

Thanks for that info. I always wondered what the solvent was. I
figured it was an alcohol of some sort, as it was very volatile at room
temperature.

Art

 

[Larry]

Ozone from slot cars is caused by the arcing of the contacts. Ozone in a
printer is caused by the charging of the Corona wires. They aren't really
'burning', so you lose the burning component of the smell.

Short of burning plastic, which you would definitely know, it has to be
ozone. Unless your printer has a problem with flatulence, there are no
other odors to come from it.

-Larry

 

[Larry]

LOL! The things are like $12

-Larry

Try this. Put the ozone filter in an old oven at 60 C (120 F). This will
revive a bit the ozone filter. I'm not sure, but I think that the ozone
filter degradation depends on not only the time the printer is printing but
also on the time the printer is open.