Hi Kevin,
Isn't it great when a plan comes together!
You've found the right combination of printer, paper and laminator
right away. Usually it takews a lot of trial and error to acheive
your results.
It sounds like the Techno LM 1910 is the same as the XEROX XRX 1910
laminator. It works great, doesn't it. It provides the right amount
of heat at the foil setting.
TANSTAAFL!
Myc
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Morgan" <prizes@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Tonight I got very good results with a Brother 2040 laser that I
got
> recently. I used Kodak Ultimate Picture Paper, and a Techno LM1910
> laminator.
>
> The paper is some that I've had sitting around for a couple of
years...
> borderless 4x6. The laser printer and laminator I bought at Fry's
over
> the holidays. I forget the exact price, but I think it was a
little
> over $100 for both.
>
> After scrubbing the board with 2000 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper, I
ran
> the paper through the laminator 4 times on the highest heat
setting,
> and on the "foil" setting. The board was 1/16" single sided that I
> bought from MPJA. The laminator didn't really choke on the board,
> although I suspect it's not really designed for something that
thick. I
> had put the picture paper and board inside a folded sheet of
ordinary
> laser printer paper.
>
> After the four passes, the Kodak picture paper was stuck to the
laser
> printer paper, and also the board. After dunking in cold water, I
> carefully peeled off the picture paper (it took about 20 seconds,
I
> think). It came off cleanly, leaving almost all of the toner on
the
> board.
>
> I'm not that experienced with TT, so I don't know how repeatable
this
> is, but I'm very happy with this experiment.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "fenrir_co" <fenrir@> wrote:
> >
> > In response to kilocycles, as I mentioned in my longer post
above, I
> > tried the toner transfer method with both transparencies and
laser
> > paper with a few Brother all-in-one printers on demo at the
local
> > Office Depot. None of them would transfer using a laminator or
iron.
> > The Brother seems to have either a much higher fusion
temperature, or
> > simply a different kind of toner. I suspect more that it's a
> different
> > kind of toner that doesn't work like other printers, since
Brother
> > tends to be a 'cheaper' brand. If it is, however, a temperature
> > difference, I would also reccomend not using it with
Press'n'Peel, as
> > I have seen this melt in a few copiers/printers that have higher
> > temperatures than most do.
> >
>