In the words of the French guy in “The Doors”: Sooooo cool! Sooo, sooo cool!
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Not to worry–we’ve been assured that the air-assist can be turned off (otherwise GF’d be pretty chaotic for cutting paper and tiny, lightweight objects).
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I think you could add polymer to the laser toner that would add both an extra degree of toughness as well as giving it a higher gloss, much like higher-end business cards have glossy raised print on them. It might also help with making the color more solid, and less “glittery” like your photos appear to show.
Have a look at this blog – it’s relatively easy to extract from floor wax products. Not sure if the melting point would be compatible with both the toner and polymer, though.
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Its only glittery looking because I used the flash.
I don’t know enough chemistry to determine whether the polymer would be compatible with the toner and the laser…lol
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Thank you, kindly sir. eBay, Ali Express, etc are usually among my first ports of call if I’m trying to find “unusual” products, I must be slipping!
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Thermographic printing powders? They’re designed to have some ink to stick to, but I be that could be gotten around.
Have you had any issues buying through them? It usually seems like you need to by quite a lot for minimum order and they are looking more to be suppliers.
Like the kind you use with stamps and heat with a heatgun??
Called embossing powder… never thought of that. I have quite a lot of that from “rubber stamp days” 
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In case you don’t want to mess with laser toners, this process also works very well with powder coat paints. You will then have a wide variety of colors to work with, as well. For example, you can purchase them here: http://www.columbiacoatings.com/
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Wow, this is amazing! <3
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