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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Thermal Transfer Printer

From: Lez <lez.briddon@...>
Date: 2007-01-22

> Has anyone ever done experiments using a Thermal Transfer Printer (TTP)
> It seems to me to have a lot of potential.

I had one years ago back in my amiga days, wish I still had it!

It had silly plastic ribbons coated with wax, would have been ideal,
and I did print onto aluminum foil with it to make fancy birthday
cards etc, okidata made it, it was an okimate 24 I think.

lol just googled you can still get ribbons for the black!
http://www.tonercartridgedepot.com/oki-52101601.htm

I'm sure one of the newer 'photo' printers that use the same
technology (but now costing much more, for some reason, must be better
color matched wax) would work if a flatpath one could be found.


Lez