Well, I just bought a Brother 2040 laser printer so I wouln't hav to keep running to the copy store, and tried it with Press and Peel Blue, my usual medium for copier transfers. Terrible! About 1/4 of the toner transferred. Today I printed my image on a sheet of Epson Glossy Photo ink jet paper with the Brother, and it was much better. The paper lifts off the board rather than slowly dissolving like a rag-content paper would (as I understand it). It left some surface material in some of the tracks, but I carefully scraped those clean. I had to do some filling in with black Sharpies, but at least I got a well-defined board, after etching. I'll look for some of the clay-coated paper next.
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New Laser Printer & Press and Peel Blue
2006-01-06 by kilocycles