Ok, making some progress.
I've decided on the easy option - don't dick with the head height & simply feed 0.8mm copper into the printer! (no outlandish hacking needed)...
This is 0.8mm double sided copper....
So the procedure is...
1. Buy a secondhand epson printer that uses durabrite ink (this is pigmented ink & means your 'possible contender' printer is capable of doing direct to copper printing)
2. Remove just about all the paper feed mechanisms *except* for the friction roller which pulls the copper through)
3. Relocate the optical sensor to a more appropriate place (this was an earlier test using paper to establish how to spoof the sensor)...
(that's the optical sensor to the right of picture with the blu-tack holding it in place)
4. Tape a little bit of card to the copper (to spoof the optical sensor that it has found the paper edge)
An then reference this video for the actual feed sequence...
About 2 hours work in total (less now that I've done one & therefore know the shortcuts!)
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