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I've been playing around with different papers and was very surprised
to find that regular old ink jet paper actually seemed to have
some potential but tended to pop up when I lifted the iron. There
was clearly some transfer going on so I modified my technique and
after about 2 minutes a side, turned off the iron and left it sitting
on the board/paper assembly. once it was cool well below the toner
fusing point, I soaked and rubbed. To my delight, I got an excellent
transfer. There was almost none of the blotchiness that I had been
getting earlier. I attribute this to the paper being porous and
soaking up any extra toner. There was very good adhesion, even a
good scrubbing with scotchbright didn't budge the resist. I'm really
glad because I was annoying my wife by cutting out magazine pages.

This was a double sided, 10 mil trace board. 3" x 2.5" so not super
large.

also, I decided to print the legend (tplace layer for eagle users)
and try to transfer that. It worked pretty well, I just ironed it on
and peeled it off hot. It wasn't thick enough for a resist but
legible. I used a 220 wet-n-dry sandpaper on the board to roughen it
up.

The paper is Office Depot Inkjet Paper. 24 lb, 92 brightness. item
#751381