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Subject: Re: Heatless (cold) Toner Transfer for PCB making

From: lilacbarn@...
Date: 2016-01-12

Hi DuWayne. Thanks for your added and slight variation on the original instructable.

3 Questions:

1) is your Hammermill paper of the glossy photo type or a different one?

  I have a load of Kodak High Gloss Premium Photo Paper suitable for inkjet printers

  Do you think that would work too.  (I dumped my inkjet for a laser a while ago and get my

   photos done by Costco - much cheaper!)

2) you said that you "flooded the back of the paper".

  Was that with the Xylene/ethyl alcohol mix or with just the ethyl alcohol? What was the intent of that flooding?

3) how long do you wait after applying pressure and burnishing with a rounded tool before

   soaking to remove the paper baking from the toner? Do you allow the alcohol/xylene mix to evaporate before the soak?


I plan to try this method as I was without a laminator and the hot iron method did not work for me with the Brother laser toner.

Thanks, Geoff.