Homebrew PCBs

May I know how you use Time magazine paper with laminator. would you 
mind share this printing process with us. for me I try different 
papers but still no luck. :-(

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Pedro Perez de Ayala Rull" 
<payala@y...> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all, I know this answer comes a little bit late, but I 
haven't seen
> anyone mention it and I have been getting very good results with 
it. I am
> using Time magazine paper with a laminator. It works PERFECT, I 
can do
> traces from 3.3 mils wide with 5 mils clearance for small boards, 
I havent
> tried using such tigh specs for big boards(for which I usually use 
8mils
> traces and 8 mils clearance). I have tried many papers and this 
one is the
> best by far and pretty easy to get. Just one thing is not to feed 
it
> directly to the printer since it will most probably get stuck, 
instead i
> hold it on a normal paper with some tape and insert the whole 
stuff to the
> printer.
>   -----Mensaje original-----
>   De: Anthony [mailto:toftat@c...]
>   Enviado el: viernes, 28 de noviembre de 2003 17:51
>   Para: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
>   Asunto: [Homebrew_PCBs] Toner Transfer questions...
> 
> 
>   Being new to this, I am trying to make a toner transfer board. I 
have
>   made one very simple postage stamp sized board and it worked OK. 
I am
>   now trying to do a slightly more complex board (in a crawl-walk-
run
>   kinda thing) and am having a lot less luck. I have tried to 
transfer
>   a couple of times and decided it wouldn't work right.
> 
>   I am printing on my regular 20lb 84 brightness Georgia
>   Pacific "Copier Paper" $3 from walmart, and it leaves a lot
>   of "hairs" on the toner. If I am aggressive enough to get these 
off,
>   I also pull the toner off the board.
> 
>   How hard should I try to get these off? My first thought was 
they too
>   will act as resist and I need to get them all off, is this true?
>   Becaused my second thought was that they'll absorb the etchant 
(FeCl)
>   and etch anyway albeit a bit slower.
> 
>   Is there any better paper out there that won't cost a fortune, I 
have
>   seen the press'n'peel stuff and at $2 a sheet it's a bit costly 
if
>   it's one shot. I have a small budget but I can afford to use a 
bit of
>   time on the process.
> 
>   As an off topic question (and please if you reply to this reply
>   personally) does anyone have any experience using the Zilog Z80 
as a
>   micro controller?
> 
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