Thank you for your reply John.
I consider the problem to be (mostly) solved :)
The heat + powder method I described works very well. It adds 5 minutes to the process but the results are good.
Emil
On 31-08-12, John <jferrell13@...> wrote:
> One problem with the Laser discharge - electrostatic toner process is
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> that the characteristics of the phototconducter do not assure a uniform
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> density over large solid areas. I don't know the details so I will not
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> speculate as to any remedies. Simply copying the image to an inkjet at a
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> higher contrast level might serve your needs if you are not doing toner
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> transfer. Also, it would seem to me that a 2x copy from a laser
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> printer reduced to correct size on an inkjet might eliminate the voids.
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> Of course that brings its own problems like wet ink wrinkles and
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> tracking in the inkjet. After a while it may turn out that accepting
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> the quality you have is not so bad!
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> My experience is from many years of field service with IBM equipment. I
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> learned long ago that I should pay attention to what a new operator had
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> to say about today's problems. Frequently the newbie's fresh view led
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> the way to a better process!
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> Don't give up fixing the problem!