At 02:40 PM 11/22/98, you wrote:
>Hi Carl,
>I was able to get on Techniks www.techniks.com web site. I noticed they
>recommend the blue PnP for high quality and wet PnP for hobby quality.  Have
>you seen quality differences between the 2?  It sounds like you prefer the
>wet over the blue.  Do you have any experience using a photocopier rather
>than a laser printer?  Can you get good results from a photocopied image? I
>need to spend $275 to get my laser printer back on line but can easily do an
>inkjet print and photocopy it. thanks...
>

   Hmmm,
 That's interesting. My experience was that I was able to get better
results with the wet then the dry. Admittedly I've been using the wet
exclusively lately. They may have changed the formulation on the blue/dry
material. I've still got about forty sheets of the blue on the shelf from
when that was all that I used. I switched over to the wet for some fine
detail smd projects and it just seemed better/more predictable.
 At least Techniks prices are better then DynaArt.

  As for using a copier. Sorry I've never tried to use a copier with the
transfer paper. It should work the same as with a laser printer. Variation
in toner might be a problem. Do some tests. It probably varies from one
type of copier to another.

  The one constant in these whole process is that there is variation.
Nobody seems to use the same combination of printer, paper, copper clad,
transfer heat source, or etchant system. The trick is to experiment with
what you have, develop a technique that works for you and stick with it.

  And just to keep this thread remotely on topic it should be noted that
the Techniks web sit has some PIC related links on it.

later....

carl

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