Storage Hazards

[Fred Cisin]

On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > Be careful with laser-printed documentation in ring binders too; the
> > text has a habit of sticking to the underside of the binder's cover for
> > some reason - stick a blank sheet of paper in there to protect it.
>
> I'm sure by now this has been discussed extensively but it seems to me any
> photocopied or laser printed page tends to stick to what is adjacent to
> it, which is why manuals of this type should always be stored vertically.

But there is also a chemical reaction (from outgassing of plasticizer?)
that makes the toner stick to the cover of PVC binders much more than
to most other substances.