yep, the printer didn't have enough heat to fuse the toner...
The question is.... was it smeared when it came out? If not... you might be able to fuse it in a toaster oven...
- jim
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:06:49 -0000
"mycroft2152" <
mycroft2152@...> wrote:
> I recently received some very thin pcb material. It was 0.5 oz and
> very flexible, (0.020"?) I could easily curve it around a 1" rod.
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> I have an old Laserjet IIp+ laser printer, that I have been using
> for toner transfer. The LJ is old, heavy and built like a
> locomotive, so I thoough I would try printing directly on the pcb
> material. I put in an old cartidge and gave it a go.
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> A 3" x 5" piece of pcb was attached to a regular sheet of paper with
> heat proof labels. I slightly precurved the pcb material. The pcb
> matereial ran through the LJ without a hitch!
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> Unfortunately, the toner barely stuck to the pcb and was reprinted
> on the paper. I tried again after an extra cleaning step, but to no
> avail.
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> It appeared that the toner was not fused and was still powdery. The
> fuser in the LJ may not have enough power to handle the 0.5 oz
> copper.
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> So much for a good idea, back to the foil and the laminator.
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> TANSTAAFL
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