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Hi

It looks like my old printer (A laserjet 4mp) is about to give up on me. 
so, anyone got good advice on a replacement?

Either a laser for toner transfer or an inkjet for transparencies. 
Small, quiet and cheap would be good as well.

Pete Harrison

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Peter Harrison" <peter.harrison@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:57 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Printer choice


> Hi
>
> It looks like my old printer (A laserjet 4mp) is about to give up on me.
> so, anyone got good advice on a replacement?
>
> Either a laser for toner transfer or an inkjet for transparencies.
> Small, quiet and cheap would be good as well.

I use an HP DeskJet 3940 with Premium JetStar film, it was cheap and works 
very well. I can do 8 mil tracks without any problems.

Leon

Hi Pete,

I'm using a Lexmark Optra E+ with toner refills.  It worked okay for 
paper transfers, but it was too tedious to remove the paper.  I've 
switched to using inkjet transparencies.

I got my printer on eBay for around $40 shipped.  Toner refills are 
about $10 each (vs. new cartridges at $80 ea).

Regards,
Dennis
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Peter Harrison 
<peter.harrison@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
> 
> It looks like my old printer (A laserjet 4mp) is about to give up on 
me. 

> so, anyone got good advice on a replacement?
> 
> Either a laser for toner transfer or an inkjet for transparencies. 
> Small, quiet and cheap would be good as well.
> 
> Pete Harrison
>

Any recommended laser printers that are cheap for home use for the toner transfer method? I have read before about the p1005/p1006 from HP but they seem to be discontinued.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "dl5012" <dl5012@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Pete,
> 
> I'm using a Lexmark Optra E+ with toner refills.  It worked okay for 
> paper transfers, but it was too tedious to remove the paper.  I've 
> switched to using inkjet transparencies.
> 
> I got my printer on eBay for around $40 shipped.  Toner refills are 
> about $10 each (vs. new cartridges at $80 ea).
> 
> Regards,
> Dennis
>


It depends on the paper. The catalog paper I use lifts right off after a couple minutes of soaking, I don't have to scrub it at all normally, sometimes just a little with fine pitch pads like SSOP ICs.