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Does anyone know the temperatures that different brands of toner melt at?

I managed to make transfer work with an iron, but the toner spread out a bit (doesn't help my iron doesn't have numbers printed on the dial)

Tried with a modified GBC laminator (approx 170 Degrees C) but couldn't get the toner to stick at all.

I am using a Lexmark T522 printer and I'm guessing I need a higher temperature on my laminator - but - what temperature?

Does anyone know?

Hi TDA,

I also have a Lexmark (E210), and a GBC laminator
(http://www.presentationsdirect.com/gbc-heatseal-9-creative-pouch-laminator.html)
and it's working very well.

I have posted some pictures of the results there:
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?t=126368&page=2 (Seach for
jmspaggi).

Have you cleaned your board correctly? I'm using Vim (Cif) for that. I
clean it at least 3 times, then some acetone. Also, your board need to
be thick enought. I tryied with thin boards, and I had to add another
board below to be sure there is enought pressure on the laminator.

JM

2010/11/3 tda7000 <Tda7000@...>:

> Does anyone know the temperatures that different brands of toner melt at?
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> I managed to make transfer work with an iron, but the toner spread out a bit (doesn't help my iron doesn't have numbers printed on the dial)
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> Tried with a modified GBC laminator (approx 170 Degrees C) but couldn't get the toner to stick at all.
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> I am using a Lexmark T522 printer and I'm guessing I need a higher temperature on my laminator - but - what temperature?
>
> Does anyone know?
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Hi, 

I have a lexmark with original toner. It's merlting at 170 - 180°C 

Other brands like "brothers" may melt at 210°C 

JP 
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Does anyone know the temperatures that different brands of toner melt at? 

I managed to make transfer work with an iron, but the toner spread out a bit (doesn't help my iron doesn't have numbers printed on the dial) 

Tried with a modified GBC laminator (approx 170 Degrees C) but couldn't get the toner to stick at all. 

I am using a Lexmark T522 printer and I'm guessing I need a higher temperature on my laminator - but - what temperature? 

Does anyone know? 




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When I did my laminator hack, I tested a couple of toners.  HP melts 
around 170C (340F) and the high-temp Brother around 187C (370F).  I've 
yet to take the time to truly characterize the HP toner though - toners 
have two interesting temperatures, the one where they become plastic and 
sticky (good) and the higher one where they actually turn liquid (bad). 
  You want something between those :-)