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Toner Transfer finding

Toner Transfer finding

2006-10-26 by Marc Britten

Hello,

I did my first toner transfer the other day. Did lots of reading on
it before hand.

I used an HP 1200 with a refilled cartridge and Burlington Photo
Semi-Gloss Heavyweight Inkjet Paper (00469).

I mention these details because WOW was it simple. The paper peeled
right off the board leaving great looking traces. The image was made
with eagle and the trace width was the default in the autorouter (.01
I believe).

It may have something to do with the fact that the paper is about 5
years old. Bought it a long time ago and never used it. I hope not,
because wow was this simple. No soaking no scrubbing nothing. I just
lifted the paper and it pealed right off leaving the toner traces.
Inspected the traces with a magnifying glass and don't see any
pinholes.

Just thought I would share.

Re: Toner Transfer finding

2006-10-27 by alan00463

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Marc Britten"
<marc.britten@...> wrote:
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>
> Hello,
>
> I did my first toner transfer the other day. Did lots of reading on
> it before hand.
>
> I used an HP 1200 with a refilled cartridge and Burlington Photo
> Semi-Gloss Heavyweight Inkjet Paper (00469).
>
> I mention these details because WOW was it simple. The paper peeled
> right off the board leaving great looking traces. The image was made
> with eagle and the trace width was the default in the autorouter (.01
> I believe).
>
> It may have something to do with the fact that the paper is about 5
> years old. Bought it a long time ago and never used it. I hope not,
> because wow was this simple. No soaking no scrubbing nothing. I just
> lifted the paper and it pealed right off leaving the toner traces.
> Inspected the traces with a magnifying glass and don't see any
> pinholes.
>
> Just thought I would share.
>
Wow! That's great. Thanks for sharing. I am going to look
for that paper, since I have a laser printer. I like simple.
Simples sounds great to me.

Thanks,
Alan

Re: Toner Transfer finding

2006-10-31 by yugami1977

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "alan00463" <alan00463@...> wrote:
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Marc Britten"
> <marc.britten@> wrote:
> > lifted the paper and it pealed right off leaving the toner traces.
> > Inspected the traces with a magnifying glass and don't see any
> > pinholes.
> >
> > Just thought I would share.
> >
> Wow! That's great. Thanks for sharing. I am going to look
> for that paper, since I have a laser printer. I like simple.
> Simples sounds great to me.

I was a little hasty when I said no pinholes, didn't do a complete
look over in my excitement.

However it looks like 2 pinholes in total for my little circuit, and
that may have something to do with the 2 minutes in total I ironed the
paper.

Etched it without any scrubbing though (dish and a hair dryer to
heat/agitate) and even the little text was readable. and the tiniest
traces where complete with no breaks.