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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Laser Printer Toner transfer with plain regular paper

From: Ned Konz <ned@...>
Date: 2003-02-21

On Thursday 20 February 2003 11:17 pm, rolanyang <rolan@...>
wrote:
> I've seen some posts here about people doing
> the Laser Printer heat toner-transfer to PCB with
> the special sugar coated paper, but I've been
> doing it for quite a while with just plain
> regular paper.
>
> The only difference is that the paper doesn't
> float right off the PCB in water. You have to
> soak the board in water, let the paper soften
> then gently rub it off.
>
> In our experience, the traces stick to the PCB better
> with this method in comparison to using the special paper.
>
> I've done many boards reliably with 10 mil traces.

What do you mean by "plain paper"? Does the paper have a name? There
are a wide variety of coatings and clay content on different papers.

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Ned Konz
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