The photocopier has been a staple part of many large offices for a long time now. They have developed over time to be amazing beasts capable of photocopying, scanning, faxing, binding and they're essentially a massive publishing machine that sits in the corner of the building humming away doing its thing.
Of course, over time many people have been wary of them because of what they do. Much like older civilisations were scared of the camera (OK, it might be made up, but we've all heard about the Aborigine people thinking cameras steal their souls), newer ones think new technology can do them damage.
I remember once meeting a woman who whenever she'd pressed the 'go' button on the photocopier, she would jump out the room and shut the door, thinking that radiation was permeating her skin and doing untold damage. I can only imagine she'd got the idea from watching her dentist when x-raying her teeth.
Of course she was wrong. A photocopier uses a very strong light and so the only thing that's likely to happen to you is if you leave the lid open then could you might get an eyeful of bright light and if you keep staring you'll get a headache, but it won't give you cancer.
However there are other scares that have been perpetuated (over the Internet no less) and one of these is the issue of whether using a photocopier is dangerous for pregnant women.
It seems the scare has come about from the use of the toner that goes into them rather than the light (which as we know, isn't radioactive). Toner is a particulate and to be honest, it's best if nobody sniffs it in because it isn't nice. However normal usage by anyone is absolutely fine and the stringent health and safety laws that all businesses have to abide by ensure that you won't be forced to use anything that could possibly put you in danger.
And of course you've got the manufacturers of copiers to thank for making their machines even safer. It would be ridiculous for them to let clouds of toner come billowing out of the machines every time you try to copy a bank statement. It would also be extremely wasteful.
Of course, there are times when toner could be in the air and that's when you're changing the supply to the copier itself. It's therefore best if pregnant women or anyone who could suffer from an allergen in the air should stay away.
As always, common sense prevails. The office is safe if you're careful.
Andy Calloway is the online marketing director at Calloway Green Ltd, a website design and optimisation company based in Wolverhampton in the UK. Calloway Green take fantastic website design and turn it into a marketable and usable product that will actually make you money. They specialise in Web Design Birmingham for West Midlands based organisations that are looking to sell their products to a wide audience.
Andy also helps out at a photocopier company as their in-house internet marketing guru.
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