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Subject: Canadian "picture paper" at Staples?

From: "grantfair2001" <grant.fair@...>
Date: 2004-10-27

Tom -

I went looking for some Picture Paper at my local STaples. It turns
out that American SKU numbers are different than Canadian SKU numbers
for the same product, at least that's what the manager told me.

So I took a chance on 30 sheets of Staples "premium photo paper". The
SKU is #33128-CA. The UPC is 7 18103 02239.

The paper is a brilliant white, and shiny, and almost feels like
plastic in texture. Does this sound like it might be the same as the
US Picture Paper?

I tried it on one small PCB. The paper did not float, away after
sitting in hot water for 10 minutes. But I was able to pry it off most
of the PCB, and rub off the small partion which was left after ripping
off the rest. The toner transfer was excellent, with sharp and
complete traces, with a notable thickness to them. It looks great.
There were no pinholes, but there were no large areas.

Thanks to Thomas and the list for bringing the Staples paper to my
attention.

Grant

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas P. Gootee" <tomg@f...>
wrote:

> The details of the Staples "Picture Paper" are on my pcb webpage, at:
>
> http://www/fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm
>