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Thanks for the response!, I'll look into that when i get a few
bucks,, right now I have 0 so will have to use what I can salvage from
free sources-- using magazine papaer never occurred to me, perhaps
I'll give that a go! The biggest issues for me have been
1- transfer moves too much due to large amount of material in transfer
paper,, no matter what I try to do to prevent, happens without fail!

2, transfer doesn't apply to PCB properly, is too faded for use or
just have no transfer qualities period!,, I acxtually rather have this
type of failure as it is easier to clean up for a re-try!

 thanks again, I'll have to do some experiements-- wonder, with the
zine paper, do they just use a piece that is as blank as possible or
what??

 I have most parts of a IR development setup but still need to get the
layout to an appropriate medium for transfer. I have heard that
printing to light stock paper will work as fine as using
transparencies,,,any input on that? How about using sunlight to make
the transfer to PCB rather than IR LED's or whatever else is mostly
used? I have sunlight (duh) but not enough LED's to make a lightbox or
even a valid source! I also have a fluorecent 4foot fixture with one
'red' and one 'blue ' tube in it, I wonder if they would produce
enough IR light to do the deed? One way to check,,,but cannot afford
the mistake.

 Thanks for any help, tips, hecking or ideas. regards, jd


PS briefly checkout the archives but couldn't find much useful....link?



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Herbert E. Plett"
<cachureos@...> wrote:
>
> check the archives...
> this is perhaps the most frequent subject on this list.
> BTW, almost any glossy paper (including magazines) will do.
> 
> 
> 
> --- timbomcnuckle <jaydag71@...> wrote:
> 
> >  well, the title pretty-much says it all,. I am trying to
> > get a PCB 
> > layout transfered to the bare board, and have tried a few
> > different 
> > dedicated transfer paper types in the past without any
> > success. I 
> > cannot afford to buy any more transfer papaer for a while
> > but am 
> > hoping tha there is a common non dedictaed paper type
> > that would be 
> > suiiotabe to make the transfer happen,,,,?
> > 
> >  The Staples T-shirt transfer I have been using is too
> > thick I guess, 
> > using it results in the pattern 'shifting' always due to
> > too 
> > much 'waxy' material in the transfer paper to begin with!
> > I have 
> > heard here and there that there are commonm types of
> > paper that are 
> > able to be used, kinds of 'glossy' papaer stock,,, I have
> > tried a few 
> > in the past without any luck.
> > 
> >  Thanks in advance for any tips in this regard, cheers,
> > jd
> > 
> >  PS, hi everybody, my name is John, I live in western
> > canada and have 
> > been involved in electroncis development for the past few
> > years, 
> > first as a hobby and then as a more serious hobby,,
> > hopefully leading 
> > to a career in the wide field.....I like to work with
> > micros and 
> > sensors. Rf is also very interesting to me but beyond my
> > skill set 
> > for now....
> > 
> > 
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