Homebrew PCBs

Mark, 

Intriguing conversion!

What happens if instead of using a fuser you carefully just heat the board
until the toner starts to melt and get sticky?

Bertho

 

From: Mark      Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 22:40
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 The board comes out of the printer with the toner as powder
electrostatically stuck to the board, so it has to be fused. I am
reluctant to use the fuser on the printer for several reasons. One is
that it is a pain to move it to a flat path - I would have to move a
gear, among other things. Secondly, the speed might easily be too fast
to fuse the toner. Also, if the toner is smudged or not perfect, it is
very easy to wipe and reprint the board if it isn't fused. 
> 
> An advantage of fusing it is that it (hopefully) will be stuck in
place, even if it isn't fused completely. Obviously there is a lot of
work to do here.
> 
> I think I have demonstrated that direct laser printing of pcb's is
possible. If anyone wants further information, I will be happy to share.
> 
> Mark





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