[comp.misc] fax electrostatic paper decays rapidly

emv@a.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) (01/13/89)

In article <242@bnr-fos.UUCP> hwt@bnr-public.UUCP (Henry Troup) writes:
>In article <430@visdc.UUCP> jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III) writes:
>>(electrostatic paper must be copied onto plain paper for long-term storage)
>
>Such as more than about one week!  I'm amazed at how fast our fax output
>becomes hard to read.

[I wish consumer reports had done an issue on fax stuff.]

I suppose the decay rate will vary with the brand of paper you use.
John, what sort of fax machine do you have that it decays that fast?
I'll avoid it if I can.

--Ed