--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Steve Greenfield <alienrelics@y...> wrote:
> I have a feeling those were wax. Mylar is what the ribbon backing
> is made of. So really the Alps and Fargo wax thermal are just newer
> versions of that.
Steve,
So the print that came off the mylar was colored wax. So
I take it wax will repel acid if it will stay stuck to the
copper.
John
>
> Steve
>
> --- crankorgan <john@k...> wrote:
> > Hi Group,
> > Remember the Mylar printers that would do letter quality
> > printing. They had ribbons that could only be used once. If you
> > took
> > the ribbon apart you could see everything that was printed by the
> > printer. I was wondering if the Mylar print would hold up to the
> > acid.
> >
> > Crankster
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! News - Today's headlines
> http://news.yahoo.com