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

hi,
hope some1 can help me with this. i've been trying the old toner
transfer method. i've tried it with a couple of transparencies. i
think 1 from 3m one from a generic producer and some other. couldnt
find the hp transparency. some even had a rough surface on one side
like i read in some post. i tried with photocopied transparencies and
with laser printed ones. the printed ones were much sharper though.

what happens is when i iron the transparency on the board it shrinks
slightly and the design gets smudged. i i mean really smudged at some
places. i tried it with epson glossy paper too. same thing happened.
when i ironed it the paper shrunk mostly from the middle section and
the design got smudged beyond recognition.

i'm fairly new to this. and i need serious help. what am i doing
wrong?