Homebrew PCBs

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From: "fenrir_co" <fenrir@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 9:00 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: LaserJet 1022


> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "patroclus04" <patroclus04@...>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Tracing paper really works?
>> I mean, if I understand, tracing paper is not transparent, but a
>> very
>> thin sheet of paper you use to trace over another sheet.
>> do they work well? Does UV light pass trough?
>
> I've seen several comments online that you can even use regular
> printer paper to develop photosensitive boards. I would suggest trying
> to find some printable vellum - Office Depot has a Strathmore brand
> one that's for both inkjet and laser. I believe Staples has stopped
> carrying it and only has their own brand safe for inkjet (which would
> probably work nicely with a pigment printer). Vellum is like a 'fancy'
> tracing paper that's strong enough to be used on its own.

Vellum sounds like draughting film. They had lots of it where I worked some 
years ago, it was very good when I tried it in a laser printer.

Leon 

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