I don't want a flame war here, but I've got a board in my hand,
direct from my modified laser printer, that says you are wrong. When
the boards come out of my laser printer the toner is quite solidly
attached to the copper. You can turn the board over and tap it or
blow on it strongly without disturbing the toner.
Interestingly, double clad boards are easier to do than single sided
ones. It seems to require a much higher voltage to charge a board
that does not have copper touching the transfer roller.
Mark
At 08:45 AM 4/28/2010, you wrote:
> > The Brother HL-2170W claims to have a straight through path for card
> > stock, etc...
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> > Has anyone tried to use this to print directly on PCB blanks?
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>Won't work anyway, the copper mucks up the static charge lasers use to get
>the powder to stick to the drum, then transfer to the paper (or PCB here).
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>There's always a first though.
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>Tony
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