Homebrew PCBs

Before you try this, I suggest you watch a few YouTube videos on taking your
printer apart. I tried printing to a too think plastic and it did not exit
the top of the printer...

I was able to take it apart and remove the plastic from around a deeply
buried roller. 

I've always wanted to print directly to metal but was afraid it would
scratch the transfer roller. At least on my HP printer, this roller is part
of the replaceable toner cartridge. So if you had a cartridge that was
almost empty, it might not be too big a risk.

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of tda7000
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 3:58 PM
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: conductive tape for TT?

I suppose the tape itself would be OK if it were thin enough, but the heat
from the fuser might melt the glue on the back and squeeze it out the sides
onto the rollers and cause problems.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "barthie2112" <barthie2112@...> wrote:
>
> i have a roll of conductive aluminum foil tape that i bought at oreilly's
auto parts a few years back. it looks like this tape on amazon
(http://www.amazon.com/JVCC-AF20-Aluminum-Foil-Linered/dp/B000QDEQQU/ref=sr_
1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1363358327&sr=8-4&keywords=conductive+tape) but i don't have
a link to the exact product. would this be safe to use in a laser printer? i
want to stick it to plain paper, print to it and see how it fares for toner
transfer.
> 
> thanks,
> mark