Louis Katz on mon 15 nov 04
We just changed machines. Our very old apple laser printer also fires
blue. I will report on the new one soon. I will try and find out what
brand the old one was.
Just got done walking around school passing out Dracula Salted
licorice from Alisa ( so kind t send them) and watching peoples faces.
I like them, but they are like a cross between licorice, a throat
lozenge and old baby diapers (never tasted these, just smelled 'em.
Will get a student to run some of the new toner through the kiln.
Louis
On Nov 15, 2004, at 7:50 AM, Bob Masta wrote:
> Louis:
>
>> Funny how my toner fires cobalt blue (just like cobalt) at
>> cone ten and fires a cobalt purple at 1500 degrees F.
>
> What type of toner are you using? As far as I know, most
> toners for xerography or laser printers use about 50%
> iron oxide and the rest is plastic and other binders. The
> toner needs to be magnetic because it depends upon
> being moved around by a magnet to deliver it precisely
> to the copier drum. Some formulations are purported to
> be more magnetic than others, for use in printing checks
> with magnetic tracking numbers, but as far as I have been
> able to tell this is mostly a scam to charge a higher price...
> regular toner is pretty much the same thing and is supposed
> to work just as well.
>
> Anyway, the toners I've tried firing come out brown, and fairly
> light at that. I was hoping to be able to laser-print onto transfer
> paper and make my own decals, but so far no luck. Haven't
> gone to cone 10 though, only cone 6.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robert Masta
> dqatech@daqarta.com
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