Well, I use any regular inkjet paper. Inkjet paper is coated so the
ink doesn't wick and that coating makes for reasonable release. I'm
sure there is better but I don't want to spend my life experimenting
with paper. I've used office depot, staples and HP brands. They all
work about the same but the O.D. paper I got most recently seems a
little better. It was around $4 for 500 sheets. I think that pretty
much meets your spec. I can do 10 mil with this paper. At 12 mil its
very reliable.
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...>
wrote:
> I give up. Yahoo's seach engine is horrible since the change.
>
> I know that we ride a tide of what is best and it changes for
> different reasons.
>
> I have used plan copy paper, magazine paper and such.
>
> Can anyone offer a apper that meets these criteria ?
> easy to obtain, found in some common stores like Staple or Wal-Mart ?
> relatvily low price, not 75 cents a sheet
>
> I like wide traces, 25mil is fine for what I do, so I do not need to
> get 6 mil traces.
>
> On the debate of the professionalism of thin traces, I find that when
> a trace burns, wider traces are easier to fix. Luckily, It's been a
> couple years.
>
> But, I do agree that pads that are larger than traces look better.
>
> Dave