They use a non-standard toner formulation that does not work well with our process. The entire BROTHER printer line does not work with our PCB process. These toners just don't have enough "body" (or powdered plastic) in the image to enable re-fusing properly to any surface. Color toners are not usable because even though they are waterproof, they are all extremely "thin" so much so that they are transparent. Inkjet Printers are completely out because they don't use waterproof inks and more importantly, they don't have any plastic property about them to facilitate refusing an image to a new surface. Let's do a quick review of the 3 basic types of printers and which ones can't be used with the "DirectEtch" technique for making "instant" PCBs: There have always been a few printers over the years that needed a little "tweeking" to get them to print with a high DENSITY of toner, but never a printer that just wouldn't work! There's always a "bad apple" or two in the bunch!Īfter 17 years of making PCBs we have never run across a "bad" printer.
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