Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, schenckcharles wrote:

> Hi
>
> For the last few years I have been using Press N Peel with a Dell 1700 
> laser printer in my home workshop.  Results have been excellent, with 
> little wastage of PCB material or etchant.  However, most PCB artwork is 
> amaller than a standard page and there are always scraps of the toner 
> transfer material left over.
>
> I solved this problem by printing the artwork on a piece of plain paper,
> then rubber cementing a piece of the Press N Peel, which is slightly
> larger than the artwork, dull side up.  Excess rubber cement is rubbed
> away from the edges.  Then the whole gizmo is sent through the printer
> again.  Rubber cement is removed from the shiny side of the Press N Peel
> Blue before ironing it onto the copper board.
>
> Just be sure that there is no traces of rubber cement on the sheet which
> could contaminate rullers inside the laser printer.
>
> Hope this works for all of you penny pinchers out there!

I thought everyone did something like that.  It's in the Pulsar paper 
documentation.

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