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Printer in closed cabinet

Is there any harm in putting a printer in a closed cabinet?  Heat issues, etc.
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as long as their is some form of air I don't foresee and issue. The real issue would be the temperature and what it will do the the paper. For example very humid might make the paper swell and thus jam while a very hot closet would dry out your inkjet heads.

These are simple things to consider. Why the closet ?
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At one time (ca. 1980s) almost every daisywheel (Diablo) or cup (Spinwriter) printer was in a foam-lined noise enclosure due to the machine-gun sound of type striking paper several hundred times a minute.  There was a small fan to circulate air into the enclosure.  Those machines generated a fair amount of heat (couple hundred watts when printing) and were largely mechanical to boot, and they went for years under those conditions.

As rindi says, printers today don't generate much heat.  There should not be issues with modern printer in an enclosure unless it is a laser or a wax/dye-sublimation printer that employs heat in the printing process.
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post the  printer model, and why dow you want it in a cabinet??
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A peripheral device is defined as a computer device, such as a keyboard or printer, that is not part of the essential computer (i.e., the memory and microprocessor). These auxiliary devices are intended to be connected to the computer and used in conjunction with it. Examples of external peripherals include mouse, keyboard, printer, monitor, external Zip drive or scanner, while internal peripherals include CD-ROM drive, CD-R drive or internal modem. Today's new devices, such as tablets, smartphones and wearable computing devices are considered peripherals as they can be connected and used on a computer system. The difference, however, is that these devices can run independently of the computer system.

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