Parts from laser printer for NBTV
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:20 pm
Today I've slaughtered my old laser printer, which had some mechanical problems due to cheap plastic gears. But the optical part looks quite interesting: On the left you see the laser, some mirrors, the spinning hexagon mirror, and optics to form a proper line on the paper. The laser seems to be quite strong and therefore not harmless for experiments! I doubt that the motor under the hexagon mirror is fast enough for NBTV, but could be replaced. The printer was able to print 600 dots per inch, that would make a high resolution picture! I also have a big four sided mirror, which I've got a couple of years ago at the convention in Loughborough from Peter Yancer. I wonder if it will be possible to make a Scophony-like scanner with this parts. Of course I will replace the laser with a common LED, something around 60 lines/25 frames would be enough to start.