I've had luck with a Brother HL-1435.  I used a special paper for the toner
transfer though.  As others have said ... make sure that it is clean.   I've
used scotch brite (not steel wool) for the cleaning followed by acetone.

Good luck.

Gordon Williams

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Restall" <pete@restall.net>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: [EE] Toner Transfer / Brother Lasers


>
> Evening All,
>
> I've just run out of my photoresist developer (actually, it half
crystallised
> and lost its potency too).  So I decided to give the TT method a try, but
> didn't have much luck - the toner didn't adhere to the board and just came
> away with the paper (tried photo, magazine and regular).
>
> Unfortunately I've been reading bits and pieces that tell me Brother laser
> printers use a different type of toner with higher melting temperature,
but
> no real specifics.  Has anybody managed to do a TT with a (Brother or
reman)
> TN3170 or TN3130 toner (my specific printer model is HL5270DN), or know of
> any other possible method of PCB production that doesn't involve me
shelling
> out for more chemicals ?  The irony of this is that I was trying to etch
my
> first stepper driver board for a CNC machine, but that's obviously not an
> option to make a board yet...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete Restall
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