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Hi Tom,

This thread is very interesting. I coached a guy thru a step-by-step
process about 4 years ago and since he was in another part of the
world, we had to do everything vai e-mail.

The ONE thing we never pinned down was the TONER itself.

I have bought HP direct toner and re-manufacturered cartridges.
Currently, I uses strictly and only re-fills and that creates a whole
seperate issue.

Since I have been mechanically etching boards and TT for component
parts, I don't have the same worry about pin holes.

I used to have a friend in the business and he really knew the ins
and outs of the refil business. Shame that he moved on in careers
or I would ask him to fill me different cartridges with different
toners to see what effect toner itself has.

Since I am on the fence about conveting an old HP printer to TT or
buying the Staples unit, this whole thing interests me greatly.

I too am waiting for the schematic of the heater and motor controls
for the conversion, but am not in any rush.

Dave