May I know how you use Time magazine paper with laminator. would you
mind share this printing process with us. for me I try different
papers but still no luck. :-(
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Pedro Perez de Ayala Rull"
<payala@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi all, I know this answer comes a little bit late, but I
haven't seen
> anyone mention it and I have been getting very good results with
it. I am
> using Time magazine paper with a laminator. It works PERFECT, I
can do
> traces from 3.3 mils wide with 5 mils clearance for small boards,
I havent
> tried using such tigh specs for big boards(for which I usually use
8mils
> traces and 8 mils clearance). I have tried many papers and this
one is the
> best by far and pretty easy to get. Just one thing is not to feed
it
> directly to the printer since it will most probably get stuck,
instead i
> hold it on a normal paper with some tape and insert the whole
stuff to the
> printer.
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Anthony [mailto:toftat@c...]
> Enviado el: viernes, 28 de noviembre de 2003 17:51
> Para: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Asunto: [Homebrew_PCBs] Toner Transfer questions...
>
>
> 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?
>
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