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Greetings.
Out of a lack of interesting things to do, I attempted TT
I tried about 7 different papers I had laying around, and came
across something that is working really well. Cannon HR-101 High
resolution inkjet paper, only catch is, it works best if printed on
the wrong side, as the good side has a plasticy coating, that tends
to stick to the board as well as the toner. When used backwards,
it's kind of gripy to the laminator or iron base, but this seems to
subside rather quickly, a quick dip in cool water, and the plastic
film peels off in one piece, and the rest of the paper backing
washes off quite easily. Using a clinky ole IBM 4019 (ebay for $25,
at 300dpi, I'm printing .016 traces from eagle, and they are coming
out solid, better than I could ever hope for printing film from this
printer. I have an Optra R+ with 64M (6X9 at 1200dpi) I usually use
for film, but I got this ebay deal - for a couple of reasons, It has
a straight thru manaul feed, I was going to attempt to feed a board
directly thu- but I'm not going to try that till the toner is near
gone, way I see it It'll either work, or totally fudge the drum (in
this case it's in the tonar cartridge and is replaced with a new one
(like most laser printers) ot all the toner will wind up on the
fusers brush.

JT