Homebrew PCBs

If indeed my troubles are because of my Brother printer, would someone 
please recommend a monochrome laser printer with networking and a 
duplexer?  My 5250 is a dream except for the toner transfer problem that 
I'm not sure about yet.

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David Griffith
dgriffi@...

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:13 PM, David Griffith <dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
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> If indeed my troubles are because of my Brother printer, would someone
> please recommend a monochrome laser printer with networking and a
> duplexer?  My 5250 is a dream except for the toner transfer problem that
> I'm not sure about yet.
>
> --
> David Griffith
> dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu
>
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
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My laptop battery is dying... short recommendation.

Get a Samsung ML-1750 cheap on ebaY or the likes of Overstock.com. Buy a new FACTORY toner cartridge (includes drum). The ML-1750 is great for toner transfer in my experience. Use the ML-1750 as a DEDICATED toner transfer printer (no network capability, no duplex) If you think duplex is going to work for double sided boards, probably not. KEEP your cartridge tightly closed in the original black wrapper when you don't need it for toner transfer.

The ML-1750 (there are identical models from Xerox, don't remember Xerox model numbers - but the printers are the same) has a through feed slot as well. This opens the door to other possibilities.

Battery gone - so am I.

David


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David Griffith <dgriffi@...> wrote:

>
> 
> If indeed my troubles are because of my Brother printer, would someone 
> please recommend a monochrome laser printer with networking and a 
> duplexer?  My 5250 is a dream except for the toner transfer problem that 
> I'm not sure about yet.
> 
> -- 
> David Griffith
> dgriffi@...
> 
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, drmail377 wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David Griffith <dgriffi@...> wrote:
>> If indeed my troubles are because of my Brother printer, would someone
>> please recommend a monochrome laser printer with networking and a
>> duplexer?  My 5250 is a dream except for the toner transfer problem that
>> I'm not sure about yet.

> My laptop battery is dying... short recommendation.
>
> Get a Samsung ML-1750 cheap on ebaY or the likes of Overstock.com. Buy a 
> new FACTORY toner cartridge (includes drum). The ML-1750 is great for 
> toner transfer in my experience. Use the ML-1750 as a DEDICATED toner 
> transfer printer (no network capability, no duplex) If you think duplex 
> is going to work for double sided boards, probably not. KEEP your 
> cartridge tightly closed in the original black wrapper when you don't 
> need it for toner transfer.
>
> The ML-1750 (there are identical models from Xerox, don't remember Xerox 
> model numbers - but the printers are the same) has a through feed slot 
> as well. This opens the door to other possibilities.
>
> Battery gone - so am I.

I did a bit more digging, looking for specific mentions of the Brother 
HL-5250 in connection with toner transfer.  There are several mentions of 
people buying it specifically for toner transfer.  There are multiple 
howtos and descriptions of using Pulsar paper and Press-n-Peel with the 
HL-5250 and no adverse trouble was mentioned. This leads me to suspect 
that the problem might not be the toner formulation, but somehow with the 
printer mechanism -- all the printers except one in the group database 
listed as not working with toner transfer have a similar base mechanism. 
The lone exception is an all-in-one whos mechanism I don't know.  The ones 
that DO work have mechanisms similar to the HL-5250.  There still may be a 
difference in toner formulations across different mechanisms.

The Press-n-Peel I ordered a few days ago should arrive today or tomorrow. 
I'm quite eager to test things out and report back here.

I don't see how duplexing could possibly be used to make double-sided 
boards unless you have an absolutely flat paper path and printing directly 
to the board.  My desire for duplexing comes from the fact I got a 
duplexing printer so inexpensively and now I'm addicted to that feature.

I'll look into Samsungs.

-- 
David Griffith
dgriffi@...

A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?