....the hard way, that you can't vacuum laser toner with a wet & dry
hoover.

An old laser printer, unused for months and stored in the loft, didn't
print properly when pressed back into service. I guessed the toner had
got damp, and figured I'd hoover it all out and replace with new toner.

Job done, I thought, after a couple of minutes with an Earlex combi-vac,
until I turned around to see the super-fine toner had passed right
through the filter and out of the exhaust port, forming a perfectly
circular black nipple on the kitchen unit door behind me, surrounded by
a perfectly graded grey-scale aureole of toner over the entire wall.
There was even a cat shaped silhouette on the window courtesy of my
(originally pure white) Persian audience.

(The chapter entitled "I've bathed the cat, you pillock, pass the
plasters", has been omitted for brevity).

Suffice it to say that the kitchen is now gleaming like a new pin,
neither the cat nor the wife are speaking to me, and I'm now absolutely
aware of the price of a new toner cartridge, compared to the cost of
vertical blinds.

The printer works fine though ....
--
Keith

"Keith" wrote in message
...
...the hard way, that you can't vacuum laser toner with a wet & dry
hoover.

An old laser printer, unused for months and stored in the loft, didn't
print properly when pressed back into service. I guessed the toner had got
damp, and figured I'd hoover it all out and replace with new toner.

Job done, I thought, after a couple of minutes with an Earlex combi-vac,
until I turned around to see the super-fine toner had passed right through
the filter and out of the exhaust port, forming a perfectly circular black
nipple on the kitchen unit door behind me, surrounded by a perfectly
graded grey-scale aureole of toner over the entire wall. There was even a
cat shaped silhouette on the window courtesy of my (originally pure white)
Persian audience.

(The chapter entitled "I've bathed the cat, you pillock, pass the
plasters", has been omitted for brevity).

Suffice it to say that the kitchen is now gleaming like a new pin, neither
the cat nor the wife are speaking to me, and I'm now absolutely aware of
the price of a new toner cartridge, compared to the cost of vertical
blinds.

The printer works fine though ....
--
Keith

My drawers will never dry!

Mary

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:47:45 +0000, Keith wrote:

...the hard way, that you can't vacuum laser toner with a wet & dry
hoover.

An old laser printer, unused for months and stored in the loft, didn't
print properly when pressed back into service. I guessed the toner had got
damp, and figured I'd hoover it all out and replace with new toner.

Job done, I thought, after a couple of minutes with an Earlex combi-vac,
until I turned around to see the super-fine toner had passed right through
the filter and out of the exhaust port, forming a perfectly circular black
nipple on the kitchen unit door behind me, surrounded by a perfectly
graded grey-scale aureole of toner over the entire wall. There was even a
cat shaped silhouette on the window courtesy of my (originally pure white)
Persian audience.

(The chapter entitled "I've bathed the cat, you pillock, pass the
plasters", has been omitted for brevity).

Suffice it to say that the kitchen is now gleaming like a new pin, neither
the cat nor the wife are speaking to me, and I'm now absolutely aware of
the price of a new toner cartridge, compared to the cost of vertical
blinds.

The printer works fine though ....

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You should refine and patent the technique. Silhouettes used to be a
popular art form.

Cic.

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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Cicero wrote:

You should refine and patent the technique. Silhouettes used to be a
popular art form.

Cic.

Put me in mind of the Mr Bean episode, where Bean tried to paint his room by
putting a firework in a pot of paint in the middle of the room. He ended up
with a person shaped silhouette on one wall, caused by a visitor who
couldn't escape fast enough!
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Keith wrote:

The printer works fine though ....

Nice one.. LOL!

(Isn't toner supposed to be carcinogenic? Hope you held your breath)



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Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Cicero wrote:

You should refine and patent the technique. Silhouettes used to be a
popular art form.

Cic.

Put me in mind of the Mr Bean episode, where Bean tried to paint his room by
putting a firework in a pot of paint in the middle of the room. He ended up
with a person shaped silhouette on one wall, caused by a visitor who
couldn't escape fast enough!
Having worked on laser printers I know that it is important to use
special vacs to clean them. The toner is rather unhealthy, knowing the
company I worked for I am certain that they would not have supplied
special vacs if it had not been essential.

"Keith" wrote in message
...
...the hard way, that you can't vacuum laser toner with a wet & dry
hoover.

An old laser printer, unused for months and stored in the loft, didn't
print properly when pressed back into service. I guessed the toner had got
damp, and figured I'd hoover it all out and replace with new toner.


That reminds me of someone at work shaking up the bottle of toner before
refilling the photocopier - only trouble was he'd already opened the lid and
he absolutely covered himslf, the copier and the carpet in just a couple of
shakes.

In message , Keith
writes
...the hard way, that you can't vacuum laser toner with a wet & dry
hoover.

An old laser printer, unused for months and stored in the loft, didn't
print properly when pressed back into service. I guessed the toner had
got damp, and figured I'd hoover it all out and replace with new toner.

Job done, I thought, after a couple of minutes with an Earlex
combi-vac, until I turned around to see the super-fine toner had passed
right through the filter and out of the exhaust port, forming a
perfectly circular black nipple on the kitchen unit door behind me,
surrounded by a perfectly graded grey-scale aureole of toner over the
entire wall. There was even a cat shaped silhouette on the window
courtesy of my (originally pure white) Persian audience.


Cave art - very fashionable


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geoff

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:06:57 +0000, OG wrote:


"Keith" wrote in message
...
...the hard way, that you can't vacuum laser toner with a wet & dry
hoover.

An old laser printer, unused for months and stored in the loft, didn't
print properly when pressed back into service. I guessed the toner had got
damp, and figured I'd hoover it all out and replace with new toner.


That reminds me of someone at work shaking up the bottle of toner before
refilling the photocopier - only trouble was he'd already opened the lid and
he absolutely covered himslf, the copier and the carpet in just a couple of
shakes.

And that reminds me of someone at work getting some toner from the
print room to refill the xerox .... you're way ahead of me - yes: he
used liquid toner!

Keith wrote:

...the hard way, that you can't vacuum laser toner with a wet & dry hoover.

That's why printer/copier engineers have special toner vacs
e.g http://www.convac.co.uk/vacuum.htm