One problem is that paper is flexible and follows the curved paper
path while the pcb is rigid. Also a thick copperclad doesn't get hot
enough to fuse the toner in the fuser. You can run copper foil
through and print on it and it will fuse in some printers but not all of them.
Mark
At 05:22 PM 12/15/2011, you wrote:
>I noticed the the series of articles in the group's files section that
>discussed modding a Lexmark printer to print toner on board material.
>He goes through a lot of effort to remove the fuser assembly and implies
>a post print bake.
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>This seems to be a lot of trouble so I'm reasonably confident there is a
>good reason. Is it that charge retention and toner adhesion are fairly
>poor and if you use the printer's fuser it smears or removes the toner
>rather than fusing it?
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