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From: jwc@unify.UUCP (J. William Claypool)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Laser Printable Checks?
Message-ID: <747@unify.UUCP>
Date: 5 May 89 19:32:57 GMT
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Reply-To: jwc@unify.UUCP (J. William Claypool)
Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA
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In article <1103@cantuar.UUCP> greg@cantuar.UUCP (G. Ewing) writes:
>Well, not sure, but I think the toner used in LaserWriter cartridges
>is *already* magnetic! I dismantled a toner cartridge once, and found
>it contained a magnetic roller which the toner particles clung to. As
>the roller was rotated, the toner sort of crept around it in response
>to the changing flux direction.

Are you sure that it is not electrostatic rather than magnetic?
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Bill Claypool		(916) 920-9092
jwc@unify.UUCP
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