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Subject: Re: Toner Transfer

From: "Brian" <blue_eagle74@...>
Date: 2008-10-14

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Ed Smith <w4eds@...> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am making a small SMT 1"X3/4" board with 10 mil lines and spaces.
Using a Samsung 1430 printer and HP PhotoGloss laser paper.
>
> The transfer looks great with no flow of toner. However, I can not
get all of the paper removed from the 10 mil spaces. It is even more
difficult , of course, to remove it from the traces.
>
> What to do ??  Different paper, more/less heat, more/less time,
expecting too much ??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Smith  Spencer, VA
> w4eds@...
>

I remove my paper while it is still hot. I haven't had anything stick
and it etches well. I measured my traces as 10 mil.

Brian