Post by thread:color laser toner transfer PCBs...

Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried any of the color laser printers (NOT inkjets!) in toner-transfer setups to see if the colored toners have any unexpected advantages over the normal black? (for instance, I'd expect them to have a bit less pigment than black, since they don't need to be opaque, but I don't know whether that would result in noticable differences in other behavior..._ BillW -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

Dal, May I ask the brand name and model of the laminator that you are using ? Any special characteristics to look for ? Thank you, Gaston Dal Wheeler a écrit : > > We have an HP 5 color laserjet --(probably the worst product HP ever put > out). It doesn't work quite as well as a simple B&W 5L. The newer ones > probably have lower temp toners and do better. > {Original Message removed}

> Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried any of the color laser printers > (NOT inkjets!) in toner-transfer setups to see if the colored toners have > any unexpected advantages over the normal black? (for instance, I'd expect > them to have a bit less pigment than black, since they don't need to be > opaque, but I don't know whether that would result in noticable differences > in other behavior..._ I have always felt that the Tektronix Phasor with the wax transfer would produce a better transparency master for UV exposure than the normal laser printer, but have not considered trying to transfer the wax onto a PCB to make a one-off. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email spam_OUTlistservTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:27:13 PDT, you wrote: >Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried any of the color laser printers >(NOT inkjets!) in toner-transfer setups to see if the colored toners have >any unexpected advantages over the normal black? (for instance, I'd expect >them to have a bit less pigment than black, since they don't need to be >opaque, but I don't know whether that would result in noticable differences >in other behavior..._ > >BillW What might be an advantage is if you could trick the printer into putting down 3 colours, so the toner ends up thicker - e.g. a very dark tint instead of black. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam@spam@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

Actually, a local printing company once gave me a "formula" from one of their printer manuals ... the printer described how to get "black" and "rich black". (I was looking into this for PCB layouts on transparencies). Black was pretty much just black, but rich-black was a certain ratio of C, M and Y to create a black color that was darker, and therefore less transparent. Don't have the formula here, and it the ratios may be tweaked for that printer, but the same concept should apply here. Cheers, -Neil. On Tuesday 24 June 2003 04:50, Mike Harrison scribbled: {Quote hidden}> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:27:13 PDT, you wrote: > >Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried any of the color laser printers > >(NOT inkjets!) in toner-transfer setups to see if the colored toners have > >any unexpected advantages over the normal black? (for instance, I'd > > expect them to have a bit less pigment than black, since they don't need > > to be opaque, but I don't know whether that would result in noticable > > differences in other behavior..._ > > > >BillW > > What might be an advantage is if you could trick the printer into putting > down 3 colours, so the toner ends up thicker - e.g. a very dark tint > instead of black. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

I haven't tried it, but the Phaser at the office appears to put down a ton of wax (ie, almost as bumpy as nice business cards). Much more than any of the normal B&W printers. -Adam William Chops Westfield wrote: {Quote hidden}>Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried any of the color laser printers >(NOT inkjets!) in toner-transfer setups to see if the colored toners have >any unexpected advantages over the normal black? (for instance, I'd expect >them to have a bit less pigment than black, since they don't need to be >opaque, but I don't know whether that would result in noticable differences >in other behavior..._ > >BillW > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different >ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > >. > > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body