Many thanks to Ken and Steve. I'll give regular Scotch tape, blue masking and regular masking tapes a whirl! I just don't want to leave any bad schtuff (TM) in someone else's printer (I don't own a laser printer myself; I rely on others' for my operatons.)
Donald.
----- "sailingto" <
sailingtoo@...> wrote:
> Donald, I bet it was a real pain - as thin as that baking paper is I
> would be very concerned about trying it without a carrier.
>
> I have managed to find this highly technical tape that works really
> good. It's a clear tape that is only available at certain places...
> like drug stores, grocery stores.... well actually most anyplace.
>
> It's called "scotch tape" - Yep, just the simple old scotch tape
> you'll find anywhere. I've used it for taping paper to carrier pages
> for a good while. Works just find. Heck, it even worked for a single
> pass thru a Brother printer at 400F+ ok - it did show signs of
> overheating there.
>
> I just print an outline of the board to standard paper, then cut the
> baking paper (or Pulsar) to a size just larger than the outline, tape
> it on the leading edge only, and run it thru.
>
> I do set the printer to max density, high res, and heavy card stock
> setting to get as much toner down as possible.
>
> Give it a try and do let us know how it works. I'm interested and
> will be doing a few more just to test. For these tests I'm not doing
> any etching, just examine the PCB to check how well the toner
> transfers. So far, I'm impressed. That baking paper just falls off.
>
>
> ken H.
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Donald H Locker <dhlocker@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > What did you use to tape it to the carrier paper? Is there a
> special high-temp adhesive tape for this?
> >
> > (I did try Reynolds baking paper without carrier once, but it
> crinkled in the printer and was a right pain to remove. So I won't do
> that again :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Donald.
>