Sampling for monitoring volatile organic compounds was performed in the following conditions:
Analysis of the working environment (baseline).
Analysis performed during printing in standard conditions for thirty minutes and for a number of prints equal to five hundred, without filtering system (WOF) to estimate the environmental conditions in the presence of a printer on.
Analysis performed during printing in standard conditions for thirty minutes and for a number of prints equal to five hundred, with a filtering system (WF) to estimate environmental conditions in the presence of a printer on.
To determine VOCs was used the method NIOSH - HYDROCARBONS, BP 36˚C - 126˚C: METHOD 1500 Issue 2.