Typically, which side of the paper is heated for fusing the toner in laser printers..?
Is it the back of the paper or is it the front with the toner? Or both? D from BC
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16 years ago
Laser Printer Toner Fuser Heats up Which Side of the Paper?
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16 years ago
The side with the toner
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16 years ago
Cool... Makes sense for the fastest heat transfer..
It would probably take longer or take more heat to melt toner with heat applied on the backside of the paper.
Thanks D from BC
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16 years ago
Since the toner is what actually fuses (melts), it's the only logical side to apply heat to.
Cheers! Rich
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16 years ago
However, if you already have the print, and want to transfer the toner to a PCB as resist, then, of course, you apply the hot iron to the back of the paper. :-)
Cheers! Rich
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On the Canon CLBP460/HP4500 series, both sides are heated. You don't just want the toner to melt, you want it to run into the paper.
With heavier materials, such as card or transparencies, the transport slows down so that the medium spends longer in contact with the fuser rollers and longer in the cooling channel on the way out.
You would have a job designing a roller-type fuser with one hot roller and one cold one; but there may be other types of fuser, using radiant heat, which only heat one side of the paper.
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16 years ago
Seeing as you can print both sides it's probably the top.
But that does raise a point the heaters in a laser printer may not be able to get the copper sheet hot enough.
pre-heating may help, may damage the drum, I'm not prepared to risk it on the work printer.
Bye. Jasen