On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:32:28 -0600, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

writes:

Come to think of it, this might work with just heat and pressure, no
solvents. That's how the laser printer fusers work.

It does. I use a reverse laser printed image and a hot iron to
transfer designs for wood carving all the time.

But now I recall trying it and not succeeding. Wood has porosity that
metal doesn't.

Porosity isn't a problem unless you're trying to transfer every tiny
detail. What _is_ a problem, and where most people have trouble, is
that the wood has to be at least locally flat so the paper can easily
make contact at every point.

I scrape the surface before I transfer and it works fine.

--RC

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