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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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"Cliff H" wrote in :

I have heard of this,


I have actually done this, and I already responded to the OP telling him
what he needs to do
to make it work, with comments based on my actual experience, rather than
uninformed and
erroneous guesswork.

but you need to figure out how to turn up the darkness
of the laser printer to put the max amount of toner on the paper.


No you don't.

Print it reverse, which you can probably setup in the printer driver,


The "Reverse Printing" setting tells the printer driver to print the pages
in reverse order. To
reverse the image on the page, you'll need some sort of graphics software.

turn it upside down on the wood.


OK, *that* part you did get right.

You will probably have to experment on how much heat to use but I would
think pretty high.


As I noted in my first post in this thread, the iron should be set on its
highest setting.


Yes you will need the iron at its highest setting, but results may vary
according to the printer/copier as the melting temperature (and the fuser
temperature) varies considerably by brand and model. Only testing your
particular brand of printer/copier will tell you how well it will work. I
know this because I used to work with a number of toner machines, and needed
to know which one could print on the other's output without damaging the
image or contaminating the fuser rollers with melted toner.