Thanks Mark.
I hadn't thought about board thermal mass.
Maybe a printer with a straight paper path and preheating boards would
help. it would be nice to use as much of the original printer as
possible, and the integrated fuser would seem to be a big advantage.
Oz
On 12/16/2011 8:10 AM, Mark Lerman wrote:
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> 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.
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> Mark
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> 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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