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From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers)
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Subject: RE: question about QMS print quality
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Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 14:16:33 EST
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From: cornell!vax135!edison!uvacs!sdc@uw-beaver.arpa
When I worked at General Electric company, we had a QMS lasergraphics
1200 and a Kodak Copier.  We had the same problem with the output from 
the laser printer smudging onto the Kodak glass.  As it turned out,
the problem was with the Kodak.

When the Kodak makes a copy it produces a blindingly bright flash of light.
It turns out that the heat  from the flash is enough to soften the toner
used in the Xerox 2700 process.  The Kodak's hopper feed mechanism is
stiff enough to press the originals onto the glass quite hard, and thus
some of the toner rubs off the original onto the glass.

We talked to Kodak, and they sent a field engineer in with some retrofit
parts.  Afterward, the problem went away.  The Kodak people were quite
friendly about the whole thing, and I imagine they will treat you the same.

Scott D. Carson
University of Virginia
sdc@virginia (csnet)
{edison,ncsu,allegra,mcnc}!sdc