okay after doing some reading, it looks like the laser printers
spray a charge onto the paper and the toner statically attracts to
the charged spots. therefore using a copper sheet will redistribute
the charge. looks like a laser printer wont work, but i did see
some people use an inkjet printer directly on copper.
matt
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
<lcdpublishing@y...> wrote:
>
> I suppose someone has tried it but I wouldn't think the printer
would
> last very long. There is a green translucent plastic drum inside
the
> toner cartridge. I believe that comes in contact with the paper
(or in
> this case, the copper PCB). If so, this could easily be scratched
by
> the pcb material and if that happens it won't work good anymore.
>
> Also, I don't know if a laser printer could accomodate thick
material
> such as a PCB board. My color laser docs even recomend NOT using
card
> stock (such as post card stock), the other lasers I have there is
no
> warnings about using card stock though. However, if card stock is
at
> the upper limit, that is about .009" thick or less, PCBs I think
start
> at around .014" and go up from there, not positive though (I am a
> rookie at this stuff).
>
> It would be cool to hear about any experiments at do such a thing
> though!
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "matt clement"
> <buckeyes1997@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have any specifics on converting a laser printer to
> print
> > the toner directly to the boards? it would be great for the
first
> > side, but then how would you ever print the second side
perfectly
> > aligned??
> >
>