Homebrew PCBs

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@...

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