exactly this i thought also...
but normally there is no electrostatic acticity needed when fusing it to the paper.
but i won't feed conductive foil in my printer so i think it isn't conductive..
regards
stefan
13.05.2003 20:26:39, kenneth magers <
kenneth_m_73149@...> wrote:
>since laser printers use electrostaic atraction to
>form a image would'nt the foil short it out if it was
>conductive?
>
>--- rolanyang <rolan@...> wrote:
>> Hrm.. do you think that it might be possible to use
>> the
>> hot foil itself as the conductive trace? Rather than
>> transferring to PCB and etching, maybe the paper
>> itself can be adhered to some rigid backing material
>> OR
>> maybe used without (like a flexible PCB).
>>
>> I'm also not sure about how the foil would react to
>> hot solder
>> temperatures. Can anyone who has this stuff
>> experiment?
>>
>> ~Rolan
>>
>>
>
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