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Office equipment: Design, indoor air emissions, and pollution prevention opportunities. Final report, October 1993-January 1995

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:56356

The report summarizes available information on office equipment design; indoor air emissions of organics, ozone, and particulates from office equipment; and pollution prevention approaches for reducing these emissions. The report covers (1) dry and wet process photoimaging machines (copiers, printers, and faxes); (2) spirit duplicators; (3) mimeograph machines; (4) digital duplicators; (5) diazo (blue-print) machines; (6) computers and computer terminals; (7) impact matric printers; and (8) other equipment types. Office equipment emits indoor air pollutants as a result of equipment operating, offgassing from components, or episodic releases related to catastrophic failure of a unit.

Research Organization:
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Center for Environmental Analysis
OSTI ID:
56356
Report Number(s):
PB--95-191375/XAB; CNN: Contract EPA-CR-822025-01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English