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Subject: Re: Toner PCB for Beginner?

From: "RJ" <rj3819@...>
Date: 2011-03-10

Well .. I had given that some thought as well ..
and there is a few printers mentioned in the archives if you want to search and see ..

But .. another thing you could do .. outside of the box ..
is go to a place like circuit city or staples .. and tell them you
would like to "try" their demo laserjet printers and have them print a pcb pattern on your own laserjet glossy paper. Then take them home
and try them .. though that is assuming you are at a point where the rest of the process is working for you .. but perhaps before investing in an expensive printer, you can find one that way ...
Just a thought ..

Check the links section of the website .. for the group ..
and also the guys put a page together .. with a lot of common info ..

it shouldn't be too far back in the posts .. was a peroxide mix subject line ..

Randy - N2CUA

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jferrell13@...> wrote:
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> The wealth of information in this group is overwhelming me!
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> I would like to avoid buying into the process with supplies and equipment that are not going to work.
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> Are there any particular copiers/printers/toners that are known not to work for toner transfer for PCB's?
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> I am thinking of buying an inexpensive laser printer to cut down on the ink expense anyway.
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> It would seem to me that if it is really all that easy to do I could use even a toner copier and simply copy an ink jet copy with the toner copier. I gather that one of the key elements is to have control of the paper that the copier is using.
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