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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] using the hot stamp foil.. itself as a trace??

2003-05-13 by kenneth magers

since laser printers use electrostaic atraction to
form a image would'nt the foil short it out if it was
conductive? 

--- rolanyang <rolan@...> wrote:
> Hrm.. do you think that it might be possible to use
> the
> hot foil itself as the conductive trace? Rather than
> transferring to PCB and etching, maybe the paper
> itself can be adhered to some rigid backing material
> OR 
> maybe used without (like a flexible PCB).
> 
> I'm also not sure about how the foil would react to
> hot solder
> temperatures. Can anyone who has this stuff
> experiment?
> 
> ~Rolan
> 
> 


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