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Being new to this, I am trying to make a toner transfer board. I have
made one very simple postage stamp sized board and it worked OK. I am
now trying to do a slightly more complex board (in a crawl-walk-run
kinda thing) and am having a lot less luck. I have tried to transfer
a couple of times and decided it wouldn't work right.

I am printing on my regular 20lb 84 brightness Georgia
Pacific "Copier Paper" $3 from walmart, and it leaves a lot
of "hairs" on the toner. If I am aggressive enough to get these off,
I also pull the toner off the board.

How hard should I try to get these off? My first thought was they too
will act as resist and I need to get them all off, is this true?
Becaused my second thought was that they'll absorb the etchant (FeCl)
and etch anyway albeit a bit slower.

Is there any better paper out there that won't cost a fortune, I have
seen the press'n'peel stuff and at $2 a sheet it's a bit costly if
it's one shot. I have a small budget but I can afford to use a bit of
time on the process.

As an off topic question (and please if you reply to this reply
personally) does anyone have any experience using the Zilog Z80 as a
micro controller?