On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, drmail377 wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David Griffith <dgriffi@...> wrote:
>> If indeed my troubles are because of my Brother printer, would someone
>> please recommend a monochrome laser printer with networking and a
>> duplexer? My 5250 is a dream except for the toner transfer problem that
>> I'm not sure about yet.
> My laptop battery is dying... short recommendation.
>
> Get a Samsung ML-1750 cheap on ebaY or the likes of Overstock.com. Buy a
> new FACTORY toner cartridge (includes drum). The ML-1750 is great for
> toner transfer in my experience. Use the ML-1750 as a DEDICATED toner
> transfer printer (no network capability, no duplex) If you think duplex
> is going to work for double sided boards, probably not. KEEP your
> cartridge tightly closed in the original black wrapper when you don't
> need it for toner transfer.
>
> The ML-1750 (there are identical models from Xerox, don't remember Xerox
> model numbers - but the printers are the same) has a through feed slot
> as well. This opens the door to other possibilities.
>
> Battery gone - so am I.
I did a bit more digging, looking for specific mentions of the Brother
HL-5250 in connection with toner transfer. There are several mentions of
people buying it specifically for toner transfer. There are multiple
howtos and descriptions of using Pulsar paper and Press-n-Peel with the
HL-5250 and no adverse trouble was mentioned. This leads me to suspect
that the problem might not be the toner formulation, but somehow with the
printer mechanism -- all the printers except one in the group database
listed as not working with toner transfer have a similar base mechanism.
The lone exception is an all-in-one whos mechanism I don't know. The ones
that DO work have mechanisms similar to the HL-5250. There still may be a
difference in toner formulations across different mechanisms.
The Press-n-Peel I ordered a few days ago should arrive today or tomorrow.
I'm quite eager to test things out and report back here.
I don't see how duplexing could possibly be used to make double-sided
boards unless you have an absolutely flat paper path and printing directly
to the board. My desire for duplexing comes from the fact I got a
duplexing printer so inexpensively and now I'm addicted to that feature.
I'll look into Samsungs.
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