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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Hyg. 2017 Jul;14(7):540–550. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2017.1302589

Table 5.

Average geometric mean (GM) particle size and average ± standard deviation particle emission rates (PER) for 3-D and laser printers.

Printer Consumable Print job Avg. GMa (nm) SMPS (# < 0.66 μmmin−1)
HP2055dn Monochrome toner 80 pages @ 5% 39.6 7.1 ± 0.7× 1010
HP2600 Monochrome toner 80 pages @ 5% 168.3 9.8 × 107
3-Db ABS natural 3 combs 53.7 1.6 ± 0.0× 1010
ABS blue 2 combs 63.1 7.5 ± 1.0× 109
ABS red 2 combs 49.9 1.4 ± 0.3× 1010
ABS black 2 combs 45.3 1.0 ± 0.2× 1010
PLA true red 4 combs 36.4 1.3 ± 0.5× 1010
PLA army green 4 combs 36.1 1.3 ± 0.2× 1010
PLA ocean blue 4 combs 36.5 1.1 ± 0.7× 1010
PLA transparent blue 4 combs 37.7 1.6 ± 0.2× 1010
a

Mobility diameter from electrical low-pressure impactor (ELPI) measurements.

b

Scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) data from Yi et al.,[19] ABS = acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, PLA = polylactic acid.