Homebrew PCBs

First, more people report good success with inkjet papers than they do  
with transparencies, so try those.

If you have shrinkage problems you should probably use another paper, but  
you may try to preheat the paper before printing. This works if it shrinks  
by drying out the moisture. So basically you would iron the blank paper  
before printing on it to drive all the moisture out. This will usually  
help when you have distortion problems because of the shrinkage. If the  
shrinking is really bad it might not help, then try another paper.

ST


On Wed, 17 May 2006 16:15:23 +0200, chroniclz <chroniclz@...> wrote:

> hi,
> hope some1 can help me with this.  i've been trying the old toner
> transfer method.  i've tried it with a couple of transparencies.  i
> think 1 from 3m one from a generic producer and some other. couldnt
> find the hp transparency.  some even had a rough surface on one side
> like i read in some post.  i tried with photocopied transparencies and
> with laser printed ones.  the printed ones were much sharper though.
> what happens is when i iron the transparency on the board it shrinks
> slightly and the design gets smudged. i i mean really smudged at some
> places.  i tried it with epson glossy paper too. same thing happened.
> when i ironed it the paper shrunk mostly from the middle section and
> the design got smudged beyond recognition.
> i'm fairly new to this. and i need serious help.  what am i doing
> wrong?
>