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Re: kernel: lp0 on fire ????



On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 13:04, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:
> On Thursday 06 March 2003 23:16, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> > And if there is lots of heat, light and smoke, get the fire extinguisher
> > - it is not *totally* impossible for printers to catch fire.
> 
> Old, very fast line printers could catch fire if the paper jamed while the 
> printer still wanted to spit out paper. If this is the reason for 
> implementation is another case.
> 
> -- 
> Svenn

I haven't seen the fire, but I have seen burnt printers from problems
like that, or early laser printers where the fusing element picked up
loose dust and "not totally cleared" jammed papers.

Hey - modern life - cell phone in a holder on one hip, fire extinguisher
on the other ;)
-- 
Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP
ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting
Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935
Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org

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