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

I think the proximity of the holiday might have alot to do with the
lack of corrispondance.

I am trying to figure out a way to get some light sensitive PCB's
transfered. I have heard that one can simply print out the layout to
a plain peice of paper and use that directly 'mated' to the bare PCB
to effect the transfer process.? I don't want to waste a board trying
this out so am posting instead! Has anyone had luck with this method
of transfer? Most others would use some poly film or whatever else
but I have none suitable and the stuff I do have cannot be run
through the printer I don't think, else it melts due to the newer
laser type printer I have to use since my old HP conked out this
weekend.

What are others thoughts on this process? The layout itself is
intended to be fairly complex- most of the parts are small SMT and
the whole reason why i am trying tghe PCB method rather than just p-p
like I usually do!!!

Also, does anyone know for SURE if I can print out
a 'toner=transfer' layout using a newer styled printer,,ie. HP
laserjet 1200 series? I'm going to try anyways but just wanted to
check in advance to see what I can expect....

Thanks in advance, jd