Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 26 May 2005 19:00:25 +0200, Ed Okerson <ed@...> wrote:

> How much work is required to take the fuser out of an old laser printer
> and make it a stand alone unit?  Is the power supply from the laser
> printer usable, or do you need to use something different?  I have an old
> Epson Action Laser 1000 that I could cannibalize if it isn't too
> difficult.
> Ed


dunno, depends on how experienced you are with such things.
I think it took about an hour to mount mine to a board, attach the motor,  
and put the temp. control together.

You don't need a power supply, the lamp works with mains voltage. You need  
however a low DC voltage to power the temperature control circuit, i use a  
small wall-wart.

If you have a printer it is probably wise to get the fuser control  
electronics, i just used a solid state relais i had.

I have written short explanations some time ago...
<http://trethan.at.tf/pub/fuser/fuser_as_laminator.html>

ST