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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] New Member

From: Philip Pemberton <ygroups@...>
Date: 2008-03-25

DJ Delorie wrote:
> Philip Pemberton <ygroups@...> writes:
>> Cut the area around the alignment mark out of the bottom transfer,
>> then put the L-frame onto a lightbox.
>
> The problem here is that, at least with the Pulsar paper, it's too
> opaque to use on a light table. I've tried, you just can't see
> through it well enough to line up the toners.

Hm. The HP Everyday paper isn't too bad in this respect - nice and easy to see
through (it's quite thin). The problem is the toner usually doesn't stick to
it evenly -- there are grey patches all over the pattern. Needless to say,
although it just floats off the board, it needs a lot of touch-up.

I can't say I've ever used the Pulsar paper, though I have used Press-n-Peel,
which is pretty good (if a bit on the expensive side). Shame it's become
somewhat hard to find in the UK, IIRC the UK distributor went bust. Techniks
still list them on their website as a distributor though...

I suppose the challenge is to find a paper that's thin enough to let light
pass through it relatively unimpeded, and also works well for TT.

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