Print Room Safety.doc

Print Room Report
&
MTT Safety Equipment
Print Room Safety
as it relates to:
Health concerns about
fine particulates
in the form of;
Toner Dust, Paper Dust,
Ozone &
fuser station oil micro droplets
Print Room Safety
Recently MTT has found there is concern about the adverse effects of the inhalation of these pollutants, due to the fact that most print centers are in large buildings with multiple print engines confined to interior rooms.
In most cases, existing HVAC equipment can not move and clean the air sufficiently, and the
“lung overload” effect takes place on a daily basis. Particulates under 5 microns pass through the HVAC system to all areas of the building.
Print Room Environment
MTT has discovered that concentrations of the following particles, in most data centers and print rooms, can in cases over load employee’s lung capacity to expel these pollutants.
As you will see the National Institutes of Health uses the Max2100 systems in Washington .
Paper Dust, Toner Dust, Ozone concentrations, and Fusing Oil Micro Droplets are the main causes of pollution in the print environment.
Mr. Rich DeRosa,
MTT
Rich, just a quick note of our satisfaction with the MTT 2100. The install was professional, out of the way of our daily operations and without any interruptions to the printing sub-systems.
As you know, for too many years we struggled to try to keep the paper dust, toner and issues related to paper flow in an ‘open’ room data center. We ‘struggled’ even after the installation of petitor’s equipment, it just didn’t do the job.
Now, with the MTT gear, the environment in the data center is cleaner and healthier, there are fewer equipment problems and our users are receiving a better product.
From all of use at the National Institutes of Health/puter Center, thanks.
Elgin M. Etchison
Chief, Systems Operations Management Branch
Division puter System Services
Center for Information Technology
National Institutes of Health
301-496