Howard Winter wrote:
>> The toner melts at a pretty low temperature, right?  What about using a 
>> second pass with a hot roller coated with something else conductive, 
>> that would stick to the momentarily-melted toner?  Just a random thought.
> 
> Ah, you're talking about Foil Printing!  That's how it's done, with something like toner being printed first, then a thin metal foil "stuck" onto that by 
> re-melting.  But the foil is very thin (has to break away at the edges of the print areas pretty-much on its own) so I'm not sure how good a circuit 
> you could get.  And joining components onto it would be very hard without the foil coming unstuck and/or breaking.

Ah, makes sense.  I suppose you could electroplate the foil after it's 
laid down and find some way to adhere it better... but that sounds like 
putting lipstick on a pig.
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