newbie, how to do etching, what kind of pen?

[Theo]

I to prefer "butterbrot- papier" we call it "kalk-papier".
Get the thickest kind you can get, it wrinkles less than the thin versions.

I've had good results using black out spray.
This stuff turned out to be ordinary acrilaat varnish.
About $5 in a car repair or hobby shop.
It dissolves the toner from the laser printer a bit,
the result is a "denser" film.

I've seen some polyester based film at a screen printers shop,
it was similar to "kalk-papier" but the toner layer looked way thicker.
Next time I go there I try to get some from them to try it at home.
BTW, they too used a blackout spray.

Bye, Theo


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Buchstaller <buchi at takeonetech.de>

> >I use the photo transfer method with good results.
> >Either you print the layout on transparency film directly (if you got a
> >laser printer) or you print on paper, go to a copyshop and let it
transfer
> >to a transparency. Photo coated material is only slightly more expensive,
> >and you can re-use the film you made, which is quite handy.
>
> I have recently been f**ed up with those transparency films. Some time ago
> o had a friend working in a pre-press agency who could output my PS files
> on a linotronic, but now he is gone.
> So i have been trying to print on various types of transparencies, but
with the
> laser most of them had not the density that is required. Printing with an
inkjet
> did just suck, too. Then (as a last resort) i printed on a sheet of
drawing paper
> (you know, that one that is partially translucent and used by architects
for their
> blueprints; i am calling it always "Butterbrot-Papier"). Printing with
laser and
> inkjet was both fine, and with slightly increased development time, the
results
> were far superior to everything i have ever gotten from transparencies.
>
> So i would encourage anybody to give it a try !
>
>
> -Michael Buchstaller