Homebrew PCBs

Having recently switched from 220gsm paper to 150 (60 to 40 lbs  
roughly), the shift was surprisingly large: from as-hot-as-it-can-go- 
and-push-real-hard to just-medium-iron-and-work-it-up-and-down-a-few- 
times.

Sometime this week DJ Delorie said "you just want to make the toner  
sticky, not melt it", so I'm going for a less-heat-more-pressure  
approach. And, I think, getting reasonable results.

PG

On 05/05/2009, at 1:11 AM, flightofharmony wrote:

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>
> Yup, Q2546A. Works excellent!
> Spreading/pressure: Yes, the toner DOES spread easily with this  
> paper (I'm pretty sure it has to do with the thermal transfer rate  
> of the paper and its thickness).
>
> You don't need much pressure at all with the Q2546A - you don't WANT  
> much pressure at all - the weight of the iron is usually enough.
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, michael tenore <wb2lcw@...>  
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > HP Presentation paper 130g Glossy, Product Q2546A
> >
> > Some one else in this group said he used it with great success and  
> he is right!
> >
> > I hope you will be as happy with it as I am!
> >
> > When using glossy paper you can get trace and pad spreading from  
> too much heat and pressure!
> >
> > This is not a problem with Photo paper but this HP Presentation  
> paper seems not to have this problem.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > mike
> >
> > tome glossy papers will om: Brian Gracia <briangracia@...>
> > To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2009 10:59:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: GBC H535 Laminator
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Do you have a model or reference # for this paper? What type of
> > paper is it, Photo?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> >
> > At 05:34 PM 5/2/2009, you wrote:
> >
> > >It has been said in other post's that the Brother toner needs a  
> very
> > >high temperature! And is not recomended
> > >
> > >I have a HP 1200 laser printer ($25 Craigslist)and using HP
> > >Presentation paper($13 Staples)
> > > it is very easy to get a excellent transfer with my dry iron and
> > > only about two to three minutes of ironing.
> > >I have not had a single bad transfer using this HP paper!
> > >
> > >73
> > >Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
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