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[Stephen J. Friedl]

In article <321 at cbnewsi.ATT.COM>, fiesta at cbnewsi.ATT.COM (eric.c.beck) writes:
> 
> 	I thought the toner consisted of extremely fine plastic particles
> which, after being attracted to the paper by a static charge, are melted
> into the paper by the "hot plate" inside the copier.

There are also toners that apparently have metal particles in them,
because it is attracted to a magnet.  The Ricoh laser engine (used
in AST TurboLaser, at least) has this kind of toner.  Does anybody
know this is different from the non-ferrous kinds?

BTW, the "hot plate" is called the fuser.

     Steve

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