Homebrew PCBs

Of course, that print head is designed for paper which would require
very little heat.

The CD printers are, of course, designed for something thicker but
still plastic. You bring up a good point about copper, it is a better
heat sink than aluminum.

If I were closer (Tacoma, WA) I'd run right over there. That little
baby can make waterproof, sun safe bumper stickers. ;')

Steve Greenfield

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "wheedal99" <wheedal@h...> wrote:
> Actually, I've tried it with a citizen printiva 700.  Didn't work 
> very well.  The copper is a huge heatsink and I couldn't get the 
> printhead hot enough to transfer the wax.  Maybe preheating the 
> copper clad would have helped.  Anyway seemed to be a bust with that 
> one anyway (for me).  I'm certainly not discouraging anyone else from 
> trying.  :')
> Heck, anyone near Pocatello, ID USA is welcome to take this one and 
> try to make it work...  hehe...  (no, I won't mail it...)
> -Dal
> 
> 
> > However: I mentioned before the possibility of using those wax 
> ribbon
> > CD printers for this. Casio now makes a model that costs only $90.
> > Maybe all it would take is a hack of the driver (Linux, anyone?) 
> and a
> > slight modification of the tray to allow printing without a hole in
> > the center.