Of course, that print head is designed for paper which would require
very little heat.
The CD printers are, of course, designed for something thicker but
still plastic. You bring up a good point about copper, it is a better
heat sink than aluminum.
If I were closer (Tacoma, WA) I'd run right over there. That little
baby can make waterproof, sun safe bumper stickers. ;')
Steve Greenfield
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "wheedal99" <wheedal@h...> wrote:
> Actually, I've tried it with a citizen printiva 700. Didn't work
> very well. The copper is a huge heatsink and I couldn't get the
> printhead hot enough to transfer the wax. Maybe preheating the
> copper clad would have helped. Anyway seemed to be a bust with that
> one anyway (for me). I'm certainly not discouraging anyone else from
> trying. :')
> Heck, anyone near Pocatello, ID USA is welcome to take this one and
> try to make it work... hehe... (no, I won't mail it...)
> -Dal
>
>
> > However: I mentioned before the possibility of using those wax
> ribbon
> > CD printers for this. Casio now makes a model that costs only $90.
> > Maybe all it would take is a hack of the driver (Linux, anyone?)
> and a
> > slight modification of the tray to allow printing without a hole in
> > the center.