Homebrew PCBs

Chris,
  I have been doing the same too except I use a tape and stick only
the feed end ~2mm inside of the blue transfer film with the other
three ends free, it has been working well for me so far. Sometimes
when the paper is large I add a little tape to the other three ends
too

Kim

On 6/9/11, schenckcharles <schenckcharles@...> wrote:
> Hi
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> 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!
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
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