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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Darkening laser printer toner?

2012-03-18 by Leon Heller

On 18/03/2012 19:32, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A few of you may be aware of the... "issues" I've had with LaserStar
> film and my Kyocera printer. Basically, the toner ends up forming
> blotches as it goes through the fuser. This coupled with the roughly
> 1.414x (1-stop) light loss through the film makes it damn close to
> impossible to get a good transfer.
>
> Unfortunately my laser printer doesn't have a "toner density" option.
> It's set automatically when it does the colour calibration :(
>
> Does anyone know of any tricks to darken laser printer toner?

You can buy a solvent which evens out the toner deposit. You'd be better 
off with an inkjet printer, though.

Leon
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Leon Heller
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