Homebrew PCBs

Hello Pete,

I just bought (Friday) an HP 1020 Laser Printer from
Office Depot.

The results are amazing. I am using the toner transfer
method with HP Inkjet Photo Paper
(C1846A/Glossy/8.5mil/175g/m2 47lb/25 sheets).

I run it through the laser printer one time, then I
use my iron for one minute on the highest setting. In
between the PCB and iron is a single sheet of paper.
Underneatht the PCB is about 5 sheets of paper, to
keep my table to getting too hot!

Yes, no pin-holes, no bleeding, no nothing...except a
very, hard to get off, toner attached to the PCB!

a friend, Patrick

P.S. The only thing is the residue left behind from
the paper. One friend said to let it soak in
dish-washwer detergent and then use a green scrubbng
pad to take it off with.

I am very happy to finally find a way to make homebrew
(not having to mail order) PCB's. Oh yes, the printer
was an amazing $129.00


--- dl5012 <dl5012@...> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
> 
> Have you considered a used printer?  I bought a used
> Lexmark Optra 
> E+ for $40.  Toner refills (good for a few thousand
> sheets) are $10 
> and a remanufactured drum (good for 20K sheets) is
> $40, so 
> inexpensive to run.  I read that one fellow bought
> one for $6 at 
> Goodwill (a thrift store).
> 
> I'm getting good results with my Lexmark and inkjet
> transparencies.
> 
> Regards,
> Dennis
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "petere_au"
> <peter.e@...> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Ted
> > 
> > ta muchly for the reply
> > 
> > can you let me know how it turns our?
> > 
> > they seem to suit my price/performance trade-off -
> as cheap as 
> > possible!
> > 
> > pete
> > 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "kilocycles"
> <kilocycles@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, Pete
> > > 
> > > I'm currently struggling with a Brother 2040
> Laser printer that 
> I 
> > got...
> > 
> >  
> > > > has anyone tried the cheap laser printers for
> toner transfer? 
> If 
> > so, 
> > > > how were the results? Good, bad or
> indifferent?
> > > > 
> > > > tia
> > > > pete
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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