I've tried a few of the cheap laminators with no success. The problems was
not of enough heat. The mass of the pcb is much greater than a plastic
sleeve, and the heater can't keep p. also even after a dozen passes. The
temperature never consitantly reached the fusing point.
Of course different brands of toners have different fusing temperatures. The
samsung toners seem to require a much highter fusing temp.
The most success I have had is with a Xerox 1910 laminator. Is is also sold
under different brand names. The key is that is has a hot foil setting that
is much hotter.
Myc
On 9/3/07, Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:
>
> Looking at the temp specs, I doubt either gets hot enough. You need
> something closer to 400F to melt toner.
>
> Steve Greenfield
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com <Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "foobaz_utne" <foobaz_utne@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to the group and I'm wondering if anyone has tried using one of
> > the really cheap Gordon laminators at horror fright for toner transfers
> > onto PCBs:
> >
> > 12'' HOT/COLD LAMINATOR $39.99
> > <http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92500>
> > 4'' HOT LAMINATOR $12.99
> > <http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93478>
>
>
>
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