If you want to do very fine pitch with toner transfer, you will need good transfer media like Pulsar pro paper or Vinyl as was mentioned in some topics here recently.
You will also need a high resolution laser printer, in good working order.
Finally, you should apply the toner to the board with a laminator or such, if you try to use a clothes iron you will likely have a hard time getting it right, especially with very fine pitch parts.
With good quality materials and tools it will not be impossible, but with the photo-resist method it might be easier.
Then you need transparencies instead of transfer paper, some UV resist (if you can't get it locally, you can always go to eBay. Boards with UV resist pre-applied may actually work out cheaper\better), a UV light source (if nothing else, you may get away with strong sunlight! - but there are many cheap ways you can make a UV exposure box - I used UV LEDs), and some developer.
I found that standard Washing Soda (Sodium Carbonate) worked great for developer. This was the crucial part for me, as any "proper" developer solution available locally (and on eBay) was very expensive. A box of Washing Soda is very cheap.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Hari Hendaryanto wrote:
>
> hi vincentm thanks for reply
>
> i think i'll give a try on toner transfer since the materials is not too
> hard to find. is it good for very tiny traces/pads?
>
> thanks
>
> On 1/18/2013 3:03 PM, Vicent Colomar Prats wrote:
> > You can do a laser print and toner transfer way. Or, if you have acces to
> > positive sensitized boards and muriatic acid, print in transparencies and
> > develop with muriatic.
> > I do this last way and quality is enought to do tqfp chips.
> > In another hand, you can send your design to an online pcb manufacturer
> > like iteadstudio.
> >
> >
> > El viernes, 18 de enero de 2013, Hari Hendaryanto
> > escribió:
> >>
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> first of all, i'd like to thank to moderator for approving me joining
> >> here :)
> >>
> >> my name is hari, i live in indonesia, jakarta, i work for
> >> telecommunication company as system administrator engineer. my daily job
> >> are maintaining servers.
> >>
> >> oneday my colleague showed propeller clock/text on youtube to me. I was
> >> amazed, i began researching on how to make it. last thing i remember, i
> >> put atmega module on cooling fan. LOL. succeed. but not fast enough to
> >> prevent text from flickered. i need to make lighter mikrocontroller
> >> module. i need to make custom pcb layout. that's why I ended up in this
> >> group :).
> >>
> >> i know how to use eagle. make layout with it. pcb (or FeCl) are easy to
> >> find here. the problems, chemicals such as positive 20 or dry film are
> >> hard to find here (not mention it's also expensive for hobbyist) :(. I
> >> need enlightenment on how to make simple, good quality pcb, anyway, one
> >> of my components is is TQFP chip, this is the hardest part...i've read
> >> some pages, but still haven't got a clue.
> >>
> >> need help/guide here :)
> >>
> >> thanks in advance
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