Mike, did you by chance use a Xerox Phaser color printer? Some of them use wax rather than toner. I don't really know, certainly not from personal experience, but what you've described sounds like what I would expect the wax from a Phaser to do.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mbushroe@...> wrote:
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> Careful with the color copies/printers. I tried one here at work, and after 3-4 times through the laminator, it was one large blob, kind of like a Roreschark test. Some use either lower temp, or completely different process materials to do the full range of colors. I would stick with B/W laser printers when possible.
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> Mike
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Urbom" <urbomb@> wrote:
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> > placed the copy on the board and ran it through the laminator twice,
> > then into the oven at 375 degrees for 2 minutes and through the
> > laminator again. soak off the image, and etch in 10% Bacquacil pool
> > shock, 30% muriatic acid, and 60% water. I uploaded pics to the photos
> > section under "big boards". This is the second time that I did this
> > size boards, but the first time I silk screened them.
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