I'm following the instructions I found at Tom Gootee's webpage
http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm and I am having trouble
getting traces to transfer from paper to board. I am using a Brother
HL-2040 with the Staples "Photo Basic" gloss paper (SKU# 471861).
After finding this group I've learned that many (most?) of you use a
laminator but all I am using is an iron set to highest, pressing
really hard for about 5 minutes then using only the tip and rubbing it
hard over the entire board.
I'm using traces of .05 for power and ground, .025 for everything
else and .010 for really narrow spaces. All the tracee sizes show
multiple breaks but it seems like the .025 traces have the most breaks.
After several attempts I finally decided to try etching on a
practice board and I found that by the time the copper was gone many
of the toner traces had lifted.
So does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!