A long time ago, I got some of the PNP stuff. It was hard to use and
I finally gave up, never actually getting a usable PCB with the stuff.
Last year, hearing about people using cheap to free paper for toner
transfer, I tried it again but using magazine paper but pretty quickly
gravitated to inkjet paper. I dunno what others think but I believe
that you are better off using regular inkjet paper. It turns out that
lots of different papers work. Photo paper, inkjet paper, magazine
paper (yes, cut out pages from a glossy magazine). I just can't see
paying those high prices for special transfer paper, especially since
you need to experiment a bit to get the process figured out. It took
me about 10 tries to get it right and it cost me less than 10 cents
for the paper.
A laminator will make it easier but you need to take care on the board
thickness - depending on the laminator. You can have success with an
iron, though. You just need to play around with the time and pressure.
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Kev Pearce \(kevp.com\)"
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> Hi all,
>
> What do people think of Press-n-Peel Dry Blue?
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> I've been reading lots of talk of other systems but for convenience
these look like a proven of the shelf system? Does it literally work
with a domestic iron or is a laminator a far better approach?
>
> Like most UK hobbyist we lack some of the specialist places to get
bits and pieces and I usually use Maplin and it is pretty much all
they do apart from UV based systems.
>
> Anyone got any feelings?
>
>
> Cheers all
>
> Kev/.
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