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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Laser printing Aluminium Foil - It works !!???!!??!

From: Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2004-02-24

>
> It's not that I don't trust you, but I feel that I can judge the quality
> of
> the transfer better by seeing pictures than by you describing it... A
> picture's worth a couple thousand words.
>
> I was just wondering if the toner adhered completely (due to the
> different
> coefficients of thermal expansion and conductivity of the aluminum as
> compared to paper), whether there were pinholes, approximately how thick
> the
> toner layer was, etc.
>
> - Robert
>


I used the old remanufactured toner.
it always leaves pinholes in thick media
i don't feed the aluminium oxyde in the new drum.

it was exactly the same result as if printing on transparency or thick
paper.
(the broader areas get holes)

this is far from real situation of printing on copper, so i wouldn't judge
it by
the thickness of the toner layer just now....

ST