Showing posts with label thermal printer paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thermal printer paper. 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?