Color Laser printer, printing pcb layout on transparant sheet

[MondeoST]

Hello,

I'm ready to replace my printer and want to buy a color laser printer.
Since I still design my own prints and want to print them on a transparent sheet for photo pcb exposure,
I need a printer that can print black properly, at the highest possible resolution.
Does anyone have good experience with a color laser printer, brand or model, that can do this?

[BradC]

No. I have an additional LaserJet 2200 for just this reason.

[mikeselectricstuff]

Most lasers I've tried are OK for this but I use tracing paper, not transparancies, as toner adhesion is better. Get the heaviest stuff you can find ( at least 90GSM) as the thinner film crinkles in the fuser

[madires]

Tracing paper works great for me too. And I use Solvent 50 (label remover) as density enhancer.

[Doctorandus_P]

I tried this a very long time ago with the laser printer I had back then, but I never got to the etching stage. On bigger surfaces there was not enough toner and they were not uniformly filled. Blackening them with a pen was too big of a nuisance.

Historically, some people used glossy magazine paper to print on, and then transferred the toner directly to the PCB with a hot (clothes) iron.

I like the idea Marko Reps (on youtube). He once made a video of directly exposing photo sensitive PCB's with an UV laser. Adding a laser pointer to a 3D printer, or a P&P machine head is not very difficult. Directly drawing with an etch resistant pen on a PCB (with a pen plotter) is also an option.