Homebrew PCBs

yep, the printer didn't have enough heat to fuse the toner... 

The question is.... was it smeared when it came out? If not... you might be able to fuse it in a toaster oven...

 - jim
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:06:49 -0000
"mycroft2152" <mycroft2152@...> wrote:

> I recently received some very thin pcb material. It was 0.5 oz and 
> very flexible, (0.020"?) I could easily curve it around a 1" rod.
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> I have an old Laserjet IIp+ laser printer, that I have been using 
> for toner transfer. The LJ is old, heavy and built like a 
> locomotive, so I thoough I would try printing directly on the pcb 
> material. I put in an old cartidge and gave it a go.
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> A 3" x 5" piece of pcb was attached to a regular sheet of paper with 
> heat proof labels. I slightly precurved the pcb material. The pcb 
> matereial ran through the LJ without a hitch!
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> Unfortunately, the toner barely stuck to the pcb and was reprinted 
> on the paper. I tried again after an extra cleaning step, but to no 
> avail.
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> It appeared that the toner was not fused and was still powdery. The 
> fuser in the LJ may not have enough power to handle the 0.5 oz 
> copper.
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> So much for a good idea, back to the foil and the laminator.
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> TANSTAAFL
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