Homebrew PCBs

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:22:02 +0100, Lez <lez.briddon@...> wrote:

> Does different toner have different melting points etc, wondering if
> when I fianlly have to refil this old 4l, if I should get black, or
> blue/red whatever


I don't think it depends on color, there seem to be differences between  
the black ones as well.
We had someone here selling refills a while ago, maybe he is still here  
and can offer advice or even product.

Generally i would tend towards the original cartridges rather than  
remanufactured ones or even refilling, i had bad luck with those. Ebay is  
a good source for original carts that are past their use by date but still  
work fine. I am told good refill toner is just the same, but i'm still  
reluctant. I used old copier toner of which i have lots and lots of in HP  
IIID carts, and it must be very different (finer maybe). It would apply  
way too much to the magnetic transfer roller, and i had to completely  
remove those "spacers" for the scraper. It will work just fine for text  
prints now, but not so good for PCBs.

Anyway, it would be interesting if someone knows a bulk toner that works  
well, but it may still not work the same in all printers.

ST