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Title: toner transfer
Post by: Trumpkin on February 20, 2008, 08:29:59 AM

can i do a toner transfer without a laser printer?

Title: Re: toner transfer
Post by: paulstreats on February 20, 2008, 08:48:40 AM

maybe with a photocopier?

Title: Re: toner transfer
Post by: Trumpkin on February 20, 2008, 09:09:54 AM

Also, is it possible to get etchant solution at a hardware store? I've heard the stuff from radio shack is really weak.

Title: Re: toner transfer
Post by: Steve Joblin on February 21, 2008, 07:41:20 AM

The best method for toner transfer is to use a laser printer... you can't use an inkjet.

PCB Etchant (like what you can buy at Radio Shack) is not easily found in most hardware stores, but an alternate approach is to make your own etchant using commonly found chemicals.  Any hardware or paint store will sell Muriatic Acid (just a few dollars for a gallon).  Any drugstore or supermarket will sell Hydrogen Peroxide.  Mix one part Muriatic Acid to two parts Hydrogen Peroxide and you have a very effective etchant!

Title: Re: toner transfer
Post by: Trumpkin on February 21, 2008, 08:08:50 AM

Wow, thank u.  I found a cheap laser printer on craigslist......the toner will be the problem, I didn't know the toner costed $70.

Title: Re: toner transfer
Post by: TrickyNekro on February 21, 2008, 10:08:11 AM

Quote from: Trumpkin on February 21, 2008, 08:08:50 AM

Wow, thank u.  I found a cheap laser printer on craigslist......the toner will be the problem, I didn't know the toner costed $70.

Yep toner can be trouble... In some cases it's not worth buying it but buying a new printer!!!