Homebrew PCBs

Hi all.
Just wanted to give you my experience using the Brother HL5070 with
Press and Peel. I have been reading the threads with using the Brother
2040 so I believe that the toner is about the same. I can achieve
decent results with the Press and Peel transfer using my iron at the
highest setting and using oversized copper clad by about 30%. It seems
the toner needs a better temperature distribution so central areas
transfer better but as I get out to the edges of the board, the
transfer ability drops off very quickly. Hence the larger copper clad
gives you a larger central space.

Can somebody post what types of laser printers they are using and what
types of results they are getting? I am interested in:

1. Laser printer manufacturer and model number
2. Consistent transfer ability percentage
3. What type of track resolution you can achieve

Any help would be appreciated. I am thinking to buy a cheap laser
printer so I want to know which one would be the best for my homebrews.
Chris

I'm using a Brother HL1240  with brother cart.,  GP Image Plus+ pro glossy photo paper.
  
  Iron, a cheapie steam one, on highest temperature. Some problem with copper fills, pin holes, but easily fixed with pen.
  
   No problem on edges of boead, however, the largeat board I've  done is only 3 by 4 inches, (76 x 101 mm), most are much smaller. It's  been a long time since I've had an unuseable board, knock on wood :o)
  
  Minimum track width I use is 10 mil.
  
  I'm very happy with the TT process. Although, my printer is getting old  and will have to be replaced soon. I'm very interested in this tread.
  
  Good day,
  
  Chuck
  
  cjwang_1225 <cjwang_1225@...> wrote:
    
  

Can somebody post what types of laser printers they are using and what
types of results they are getting? I am interested in:

1. Laser printer manufacturer and model number
    
  
2. Consistent transfer ability percentage
3. What type of track resolution you can achieve

Any help would be appreciated. I am thinking to buy a cheap laser
printer so I want to know which one would be the best for my homebrews.
Chris 









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Chris,
I have the HL-2040, and I'm in the experimental phase, as you know
from my prior posts.  This doesn't answer your 3 questions, but I
noticed in today's paper that Fry's Electronics here in Atlanta has
the Brother HL-2010 on sale for $47.99, only $30 of which is a mail-in
rebate.  They have a disclaimer regarding web prices and other
locations, but you might check Fry's Outpost web site anyway.

Who knows if it uses the same toner and temperature.  It's a 1200 x
600, whereas the HL-2040 is 2400 interpolated.  This one may be 600 x
600 non-interpolated, like mine, which is good in terms of resolution.
  The 2400 has a "Toner Saver" setting, which would not be a feature
of interest for PC boards, but is fine for regular printing.

Caveat emptor.

Ted

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "cjwang_1225" <cjwang_1225@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi all.
> Just wanted to give you my experience using the Brother HL5070 with
> Press and Peel. I have been reading the threads with using the Brother
---snip---

> Can somebody post what types of laser printers they are using and what
> types of results they are getting? I am interested in:
> 
> 1. Laser printer manufacturer and model number
> 2. Consistent transfer ability percentage
> 3. What type of track resolution you can achieve
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. I am thinking to buy a cheap laser
> printer so I want to know which one would be the best for my homebrews.
> Chris
>