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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Laminator Questions

From: Henry Carl Ott <carlott@...>
Date: 2008-03-26

At 10:22 AM 3/26/2008, you wrote:
>When you use a laminator to fuse toner, do you use the carrier or
>feed the board in directly. Is there any trick to keep the toner from
>smudging as it melts?
>
>Mark

I run it through once with a carrier to tack the paper down. Then run
it through a couple of more times without the carrier to completely
melt the toner.
Smudging has not been a problem. The paper itself seems to act as a
buffer to keep the toner from smearing.

Note that you need to use a carrier for very small boards, else
they'll get stuck inside of laminators where the rollers are too far
apart to pull the board completely through..




carl

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