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Re: TT: getting the toner to stick (Don't forget the gravy)

2004-03-10 by poitsplace

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Phil" <phil1960us@y...> wrote:
> I hope this isn't a joke.  what kind of paper do 
> you put it on?  I get very wrinkled paper that 
> doesn't want to feed through the machine at all. 
> I even tried ironing it out but its still pretty 
> bad.

Yeah, initially it looks like this
http://www.extremecooling.org/ec/images/pp/gravy/dry.jpg

After drying and ironing I think I left it under a heavy
book overnight.  I found some of that initial batch of
paper when cleaning a while back (after a couple months) 
and it was almost as flat as normal paper.  Of course,
one good thing about a large commercial copier (like 
those used at kinkos...and which I used with my test) 
is that the rollers are far larger and don't have as 
much trouble with minor imperfections in the paper.  I 
was going to continue to refine the process and make a 
guide (hence the pictures on the server) but my wife has 
been disabled and/or ill for quite some time now so I've 
been unable to pursue any of my hobbies :\


 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "poitsplace" <lmburt@e...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Toft <toftat@c...> 
> > wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 23:13, poitsplace wrote:
> > > > It has to be a relatively thick coating...
> > > > not sure spray starch would do it (although 
> > > > I have considered it)
> >  
> >  
> > > Doesn't it come off in the printer when the 
> > > paper has to make a turn?  I'd love to be 
> > > able to make my own paper like this, but I'm 
> > > a little leery of it clogging the printer up.
> > 
> > 
> > Heh, I actually don't have a laser printer, I
> > used it in the kinkos copier.  However, the 
> > stuff really doesn't come off easily.  If you
> > are worried you can simply test it by bending
> > a sheet of test paper repeatedly.  I never had
> > any problems with mine.  The only time it seems
> > to come off easily is in the water (and then it
> > really just turns to goo)

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