Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

It should be possible to figure out if the paper is the problem by
inspecting the results.
Did the toner stick to the paper? Is it too fibery? Where it transferred,
are there fibers left or only a white "powder".

If the paper comes off well in some areas, with the right sort of
grey/white residue left and no (0%) toner left on the paper, in those
areas, i don't really think the paper is the issue.
With the right pressure and heat you should be able to fuse the toner to
the board with _any_ paper, the only question beeing if you get the paper
off without taking the toner with it. But if the toner doesn't even stick
the problem must be either pressure, temperature, board
preparation/surface, or some other contamination, but not the paper.

I dunno, it's sure strange, but when i had the problem that it just
stopped working reliably (with the same paper and material) i decided it
is my ironing and got the fuser, and the problems went away. I didn't look
into it then why it suddenly stopped working.

Of course, a paper that works better will be slightly more tolerant
towards the other factors, but it can't solve a major issue.

ST