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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Board Image from Brother Laser printer on catalog paper

From: "Herbert E. Plett" <cachureos@...>
Date: 2006-06-16

--- kilocycles <kilocycles@...> wrote:
...
> I tried a page from Popular Science magazine (twice), and the printer
> wrinkled the paper. So, I happend to have an Orion Telescopes catalog
> lying there, and it had slightly thicker paper, and it worked.

just fix it to normal paper. increases thickness and fuses better.

...
> Surprisingly, I seem to have gotten a usable board transfer. However,
> after soaking for over 24 hours in water, the paper is still difficult
> to remove, unlike the reports regarding the magazine paper. One thing
> that may be the cause is that, apparently, the catalog is not printed
> using water-based ink, since it does not smear when wet. I suppose
> that would make the printed paper less permeable to water, and
> possibly, the print ink may have fused as well.

catalog and magazine paper is good if the pages 'stick together' when wetted,
pressed and let to dry...



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