Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:27:03 +0100, alan00463 <alan00463@...> wrote:

> I should have been more specific in asking about this
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> printer.   I doubt it still prints.   What I was wonder-
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> ing was this:
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> If somebody tossed the printer because the printing
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> mechanism stopped working for some reason, could I still
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> use the machine to laminate toner transfer paper?--forget
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> about printing.   In other words, could I still use it as a
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> laminator rather than buy a laminator?   Assuming the roller
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> still gets hot or will after I replace the triac and/or fuse.


The IIID has a fuser unit that could potentially be used, so i guess the  
II will be similar.
I prefer the fuser out of a copier, since it is larger and has a handwheel  
for manual advancing, but i don't see why the HP II fuser unit shouldn't  
work. I haven't inspected the spring/distance mechanism of it, but if it  
is built like the rest of the printer you can probably feed through a  
populated PCB without damage ;-)

You will want to have the triac control for the fuser, i think it is  
located in the AC PSU module.

ST