Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:10:41 -0500 (EST), <dg140@...> 
wrote:

> Th swell paper is useful for general diagrams such roads and vague
> outlines.  The lines are clear, but soft and fat, so detail is hard to do
> with this type of paper.  One must blow the printed OrCAD (or whatever)
> copy up, and also redo the text labels.  this paper requires a special
> "burner" to cause the tiny bubbles which coat the paper to expand under
> intense heat, and it is these bubbles which form the tactile image the
> reader feels.  I tried to use an intense light once and focus it on the
> darkened surfaces of the swell paper (the dark parts have the image ink 
> on
> them), but no go.  The burner--like a toaster almost--is needed.  I've
> heard of people using a laser printer for the job, but others fear that
> the paper would melt inside the laser printer.
>
> Charles
>
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>

i think the fuser of a laser printer would certainly heat it, but wouldn't 
then
the whole surface swell?

ST