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other kinds of "catalog" paper

2011-05-20 by Piers Goodhew

We have an astounding number of new RS catalogs that have been delivered to my workplace. That's a matte but very thin stock - anyone tried? I think the glossy catalogues have a bit of clay in them which helps them to disintegrate, but this matte stuff may have advantages. I certainly have access to a lifetime's worth of stock.

PG

On 20/05/2011, at 3:36 PM, John Clonts wrote:

> freespamfree, I had good first experience using a page from a mail order
> "slick".  I have heard also that glossy magazine paper works well too, but
> some have said to try to avoid heavy dark images on the magazine page...
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:33 PM, freespamfree <freespamfree@...>wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sorry if this has been answered before but so far I have read that people
>> use shiny paper. What type of paper seems to work good for the toner
>> transfer method? I was thinking something in-expensive like magazine paper.
>> 
>> 
>> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Piers Goodhew <piers@...> wrote:
>>> 
>>> G'day Rod,
>>> 
>>> I use the edge of the iron - no holes and more pressure (plus various
>> passes of the flat of it - if you're moving the holes don't have much
>> effect). If you're doing any sort of volume, I think a laminator would make
>> a lot of sense. But I'm not doing volume. The fact that our generic toner
>> cart's getting lo

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