There are lots of laminators out there that are worthless. The H200 works
so good because it heats the roller, many cheap ones have a heater and then
it's pressed by cold rollers.
I bought mine two years ago for $99 but about a week ago I searched again
to check the price and see if it's still available and I found it on the
Internet for $97 so look around you should be able to buy it for less that
$100.
At 07:57 PM 6/3/2005, you wrote:
>Bill Maxwell wrote:
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> > What sort of price is the H200 Stateside these days?
> > Bill
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> Just looked around recently, and it was like $150 or so new. Picked up a
>very cheap one from Staples just to see how it'd do, but it's crap and
>going back.
>
> Look at Staples website and there is an $80 Xerox that I've heard some
> good
>things about. 4 minute heat up implies a fairly decent heater, a good
>thing for
>PC boards. No telling on the mods needed though. Also the same item is $50
>under a different brand name on the net, have to hunt from the picture
>though I
>don't recall it off hand..
>
> Even though I plan to order boards for quantity now, I'll still be
> testing
>and doing prototypes etc. Plan on doing the same as Stefan and building
>my own
>laminator from fusers. Adjustable high heat, pressure, and timing to be
>able to
>find the optimum transfer will just save too much annoyance over the long
>term
>even for once in a while use.
>
> Assuming of course I don't get the direct printing going first. As
> important
>as I see that it's still a back burner thing right now, too many items
>ahead of
>it that have to get done first, mostly boards so I can finish and order the
>panels I need.
>
>Alan
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