James,
Some of the toner will stick to the paper and he will get an
image that will have pinholes. Wishful thinking won't make it work. It
will all come down to science. You can insult me all you want. It
won't change the results. It will go the way of the inkjet filled with
floorwax.
John
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "James Newton"
<jamesmichaelnewton@y...> wrote:
>
> I don't see how your comment has anything to do with Mikes idea.
>
> Yes, the toner and the paper are charged the same. So what? They
> have been loosing their charge since they came out of the printer
> (static dissapates) and now have little or no charge relative to the
> environment around them as well as no charge relative to each other.
>
> The point is that he has charged the blank PCB now. Some or most of
> the Toner will then jump up to the blank. As long as he flips the
> blank over before the charge dissapates, that toner is going to stay
> on the board.
>
> Now, he takes the blank, with the un-fused toner on it, at sets it
> in a hotplate. At this point, the toner melts onto the blank. There
> is no paper to remove, the toner isn't going to come off and we are
> ready to etch.
>
> I think its brilliant. Any other snide remarks you want to make? or
> are you just repeating what you learned from others as documented at:
> http://www.crankorgan.com/whodabitchnow.htm
>
> James.
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@k...> wrote:
> >
> > I think you should read this page
> >
> > http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/summer/scor/articles/scor54.htm
> >
> > Once the toner is on the paper the charge of the paper and the
> toner
> > are the same. While some toner might stick to the board some will
> also
> > stay on the paper. The horse is out of the barn so to speak. The
> > transfer needed to make good circuit boards has to be near perfect.
> >
> >
> >