Yes, it works fine when it works. The problem is that the carts are all NOS, I have 4 of them. They don't seem to age well, something happens to the photosensitive surface. As they're mounted in the lid they get shook up when clearing a jam and the prints get smudged.
I mostly do through-hole, and keep the traces above 0.5 mm. Still have enough pin-holing to be a bother. But the transfer is great.
--- On Mon, 1/25/10, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
From: Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Discussion on Toner Transfer Method
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 4:35 AM
Steady on there! The LJIII is not crappy! It may not print so well but
at least you can sit on it if you are short a chair, or use it as a
stepping stool to reach a high shelf. It'll still turn over and print
when all the current models are long dead and gone.
With a new genuine HP cartridge I've actually had pretty decent
results, but it's worthless with the cheap cartridges.
The problem I had with it is the 300DPI resolution. That's not really
enough to do fine pitch SMD ICs.
It seems best to have a dedicated cartridge for TT, or even a whole
printer. You can use a cartridge for regular printing long after it
has stopped giving good TT results so don't waste the early life on
regular printing.
ST
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:18 AM, Yngve <yd_br@yahoo. com> wrote:
> Very crappy LaserJet III printer,
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