Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

Firstly, thanks to everyone who replied and a special thanks to those
that also supplied URLs.
I'm basically screwed. My toner transfer isn't working a hundred
percent and several papers were tried along with times and temperatures
in a press and each had their own peculiar problem. The number 1
problem is board cleaning followed by toner line edges that "wobble".
It'll work, eventually. (See "Three Foot Rule", below.)
The UV lamp question was sort of answered but I still don't know
whether to get a bulb or a tube. Around here, there's a where question
as well.
The hp-1300 printout on tracing paper amounts to a dirty gray instead
of an opaque black and I'm willing to bet the light will go right on
through.
A copier tech said I needed a printer that used toner and developer for
a true opaque black.
Let me take a moment here to introduce you to the "Three Foot Rule".
Go right up to your broken down car or crappy printer or whatever you
have that doesn't work. Back off exactly three feet. No more, no less.
Now take out your wallet and throw money at it until it works.
Lamps, printers. TT papers or films. Opaque artwork. It ain't happening
yet.
Terry M