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UK Staples , Photoo Basic Glossy, is Poo and sticks like it too

2007-01-11 by Gary Hoyles

OK, with all the hype i have heard about this paper i went and got 
some today from my local Staples store.

Just tried it and its poo. It printed just fine in the laser and 
looked like it was going to be good. But as soon as the iron touched 
it, it stuck to the iron. Not a good sign!  So i placed some normal 
paper on top and continued to iron, them dumped it in some warm 
water. Five minutes later i come back to the water soaked board and 
try to pull some of the paper off and its stuck solid to the board, 
not just where the toner is but, also the paper is stuck solid. I 
soaked it some more and found that there is a plastic coating on the 
back of the paper and managed to pull that off. and soaked some more. 
15 minutes later is still stuck like poo to a blanket! In fact i 
think i'm going to have to throw out this bit of copper clad board 
because i just cant get the stuff off.

Well i guess the paper we have here in the UK is not the same as the 
stuff they sell in the staples in the US.

Has anyone else tried this stuff in the UK ?

Gary

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