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A while ago, Larry Taylor said that he uses the paper that backs up 
stickers for his transfer.  I tried this.  I have an HP1200 at the 
office, and it has a folded paper path.  The turn appears to be between 
the exposure of the paper to the toner, and the fusion of the toner to 
the paper.  The result was that the toner fell off going around the 
roller, and left streaks on the page.  You could see the origin of the 
streaks at the point where toner was missing from the expected image. 
 Other than that, this paper looked ideal.  It was so slick I could peel 
the toner off with my fingers, without marring the paper.  
If someone has s a printer that is straight through, and prints on the 
top side as the paper goes through, I think that the toner will come off 
after the ironing without having to sacrifice the paper.  Larry, has 
this been your experience?  Has anyone else tried this kind of paper? 
 If someone has a straight paper path laser printer, I can scrounge some 
more of this paper and send it to you for experimentation.
Thanks
Richard

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:41:09 -0700, Richard Mustakos <rmustakos@...> 
wrote:

> A while ago, Larry Taylor said that he uses the paper that backs up
> stickers for his transfer.  I tried this.  I have an HP1200 at the
> office, and it has a folded paper path.  The turn appears to be between
> the exposure of the paper to the toner, and the fusion of the toner to
> the paper.  The result was that the toner fell off going around the
> roller, and left streaks on the page.  You could see the origin of the
> streaks at the point where toner was missing from the expected image.
>  Other than that, this paper looked ideal.  It was so slick I could peel
> the toner off with my fingers, without marring the paper.
> If someone has s a printer that is straight through, and prints on the
> top side as the paper goes through, I think that the toner will come off
> after the ironing without having to sacrifice the paper.  Larry, has
> this been your experience?  Has anyone else tried this kind of paper?
>  If someone has a straight paper path laser printer, I can scrounge some
> more of this paper and send it to you for experimentation.
> Thanks
> Richard

Doesn't work with the IIID, comes off because of rollers.
Also try kitchen baking paper, it is anti-stick too.

sT

I've been running the release paper through my antique LaserJet 
IIP+. I use the (relatively) straight path that feeds out the front. 
I get mixed results. Positioniong the printed paper on the board is 
enough to rub off or distort the image. But it does tranfer very 
well.
 
One of the tricks is to mount a small piece of the relaese paper on 
to a carrier sheet of regular paper before sending it throuhgh the 
laserjet. Labels work great for this purpose. I do them same with 
the staples paper.

Myc



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Richard Mustakos 
<rmustakos@a...> wrote:
> A while ago, Larry Taylor said that he uses the paper that backs 
up 
> stickers for his transfer.  I tried this.  I have an HP1200 at the 
> office, and it has a folded paper path.  The turn appears to be 
between 
> the exposure of the paper to the toner, and the fusion of the 
toner to 
> the paper.  The result was that the toner fell off going around 
the 
> roller, and left streaks on the page.  You could see the origin of 
the 
> streaks at the point where toner was missing from the expected 
image. 
>  Other than that, this paper looked ideal.  It was so slick I 
could peel 
> the toner off with my fingers, without marring the paper.  
> If someone has s a printer that is straight through, and prints on 
the 
> top side as the paper goes through, I think that the toner will 
come off 
> after the ironing without having to sacrifice the paper.  Larry, 
has 
> this been your experience?  Has anyone else tried this kind of 
paper? 
>  If someone has a straight paper path laser printer, I can 
scrounge some 

> more of this paper and send it to you for experimentation.
> Thanks
> Richard

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:51:33 -0000, mycroft2152 <mycroft2152@...> 
wrote:

> I've been running the release paper through my antique LaserJet
> IIP+. I use the (relatively) straight path that feeds out the front.
> I get mixed results. Positioniong the printed paper on the board is
> enough to rub off or distort the image. But it does tranfer very
> well.
>
> One of the tricks is to mount a small piece of the relaese paper on
> to a carrier sheet of regular paper before sending it throuhgh the
> laserjet. Labels work great for this purpose. I do them same with
> the staples paper.
>
> Myc


I used a "carrier sheet" before but i found the increased thickness
greatly reduces the toner density. of course you save some paper.
Now i use A5 sheets (cut in half a4) trough the envelope feeder.
With component legend on both sides you need 4 pieces, which is 2 sheets
at 0.2 eur each i believe. quite expensive.
I'll start tinkering with the software to make it print all 4 views on one
sheet.

ST

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:41:09 -0700, Richard Mustakos <rmustakos@a...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > A while ago, Larry Taylor said that he uses the paper that backs up
> > stickers for his transfer.  I tried this.  I have an HP1200 at the
> > office, and it has a folded paper path.  The turn appears to be
between
> > the exposure of the paper to the toner, and the fusion of the toner to
> > the paper.  The result was that the toner fell off going around the
> > roller, and left streaks on the page. 
...
> 
> Doesn't work with the IIID, comes off because of rollers.
> Also try kitchen baking paper, it is anti-stick too.

And -don't- use freezer paper. The coating on it melts. I bond fabric
onto it with a heat press in order to print on it.

Steve