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What a difference a printer makes. I've been doing a few boards and
learning the process, was getting fairly good results but needed to
do more touchup with a pen that I thought I should have to. After a
half a dozen boards and trial and error with a couple of papers, I
suspected my laser (hp 2100) wasn't putting down enough toner, so I
switched to a different machine. Right away I could tell by looking
much, much, much more toner. My first board with it is in a final
soak right now (99% of the paper removed), but I can already tell it
works a ton better. Just using a $10 iron from the Dollar store.
The only thing I have to watch using a hand iron is around the
edges. I suspect that is because of heat transfer issues.