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A sponge really works good for cleaning up the paper residue. Being
soft, it does grab the wet paper, yet does not abrade away the
toner.

Chris



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "kilocycles" <kilocycles@...>
wrote:

>
> I have a pack of the 4x6 Canon paper, and I'll give it a try with

the

> Brother. I tried Epson Glossy Inkjet paper, and it did leave the
> paper surface beteewn the tracks; otherwiae not too bad.
>
> Ted
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "thomascouey" <tcouey@>

wrote:

> >
> > I have the exact same printer, just bought it a few weeks ago
> > explicitly for the purposes of toner transfer (and it was dirt

cheap).

> > My first attempt failed, but it had nothing to do with the

printer.

> > All the instructions floating around say to stick the hot board

into a

> > cold or warm water bath immediately. I found that when I do

this, the

> > paper bubbles and pulls the toner off of the board while it's

still

> > soft. On my second and subsequent attempts, I allowed the board

to

> > cool for a couple of minutes before putting it in the water and

it

> > worked perfectly. Every board I've made since the first has

come out

> > great. I have tried several photo papers, and while I'm

confident

> > that the staples brand should work (based on other peoples
> > experiences), I've been using Canon Photo Paper Pro. It's one

of the

> > most expensive photo papers around, I use it for high quality

photo

> > prints, but it works great for toner transfer too. The 4x6

sheets run

> > about 40-50 cents a piece though.
>
> ---snip---
>