Showing posts with label chemistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chemistry. Show all posts

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Effect of acetone vapor on thermal printer paper


I am not sure of the chemistry involved, but I have found that acetone and isopropanol vapor will darken the ink in thermal printer paper. There is also a strange reversible blanking effect, where continued vapor application will cause the dye to temporarily become colorless. Do you know the chemistry involved?