Thermo Fax

[wangoriley]

Help Help Help ?????

I have bought a 3M Thermofax but cant get the Bl**dy thing to work ?
When I say work it lights up takes the paper through but no stencil
The things I have tryed so far are
New Belt
Carrier sleave for thermo paper
Putting the stencil on both sides of the thermo paper
Faceing the stencil away and towards the thermo paper
changing the speed the rolers run through at

One of two thing normaly happen
No stencil on tracing paper at all
tracing paper coverd totaly with ink
sometimes a few patches of ink
but no stencil on tracing paper ?

any help would be great
as I am about to see how long the thermo fax will take to sink in our local river

Many Thanks Mark

[imported_NeedleJack]

Send it to us and we'll fix it for $50 minus the shipping :)

[wangoriley]

If only it where that easy !!!!

I live in the UK !!

[framey]

:evil:

[voodoo]

a hammer fixes everything! :shock:

[wangoriley]

The answer is ink !!
I have been using an Epson printer to print stencils I have now changed to an HP printer and what a difference. Crystal clear stencils in no time at all. For some reason the ink in my Epson can not bee seen by the thermofax

[BattleRoyal]

Will an ink jet print stencils?

[wangoriley]

Will an ink jet print stencils?

No the stencils are still done by thermofax but the outline drawling with ink jet

[BattleRoyal]

Can anyone explain EXACTLY WHAT a Thermofax IS and how it works?

[kreepster]

wango- did you happen to remove the protective barrier between the ink sheet and copy sheet? Are you placing the line drawing between the right sheets?and last, make sure you use a carrier sheet.

[BattleRoyal]

Whats a 'carrier sheet?'

[kreepster]

a carrier sheet is a protective acetate type envelope that keeps the roller from getting trashed. Had a friend once let an unexperienced person use his machine, sent it through with the ink sheet exposed and cranked her up to max, frying the roller

[skullman]

Okdoky, The THERMOfax copyers are transfer by heat to the paper or to a ribbon. most commonly to the paper. I.e have you ever got a recipt from let say the gas station. left it in the car on the dash board for the day. when you come back its black. Thermopaper in the old days it was light sensative ie photo paper. As for the secondary paper in the transfer sheets, its like puting wax paper in between your drawings.
so the ink or the pen, or charcol doesn't rub off onto the other sheet when transporting it. I hope this helps.