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hi

i'm trying to plot directly to pcb for a time now and face a lot of problems. but yesterday i read again
of the method with laser printing to paper / transparency and ironing it to the board.
I have tried this some time ago when i read first of it and it gave very poor result.

today i tried again with normal paper, the result was a bit better but anyways poor.

I believe the toner layer which my laser printer (HP JL III D) is to thin.
it also leaves pinholes on plain paper.
The printer is quite old and the toner is a cheap remanufactured one.


Has anyone here done this with a laser jet III or II?
Would it help to buy the original toner?



Which paper is best?
I read everything from "kitchen baking paper" over normal 80gramm copier paper to the special glossy paper
and ohp transparencies..
If anyone has tried several papers please answer..

Would the normal Xerox photocopiers work fine? (i believe digital ones are they)


I would appreciate any hints..


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