I have a pack of the 4x6 Canon paper, and I'll give it a try with the
Brother. I tried Epson Glossy Inkjet paper, and it did leave the
paper surface beteewn the tracks; otherwiae not too bad.
Ted
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "thomascouey" <tcouey@...> wrote:
>
> I have the exact same printer, just bought it a few weeks ago
> explicitly for the purposes of toner transfer (and it was dirt cheap).
> My first attempt failed, but it had nothing to do with the printer.
> All the instructions floating around say to stick the hot board into a
> cold or warm water bath immediately. I found that when I do this, the
> paper bubbles and pulls the toner off of the board while it's still
> soft. On my second and subsequent attempts, I allowed the board to
> cool for a couple of minutes before putting it in the water and it
> worked perfectly. Every board I've made since the first has come out
> great. I have tried several photo papers, and while I'm confident
> that the staples brand should work (based on other peoples
> experiences), I've been using Canon Photo Paper Pro. It's one of the
> most expensive photo papers around, I use it for high quality photo
> prints, but it works great for toner transfer too. The 4x6 sheets run
> about 40-50 cents a piece though.
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