A neat solution to paper feed the relese paper through the printer is to
print onto paper stock, then cut-out a piece of relese paper the size of pcb
image and fix to paper with 3M magic tape along the leading edge of the
paper going into the printer {this tape is very thin and does not jam in the
printer}

Regards Art

----- Original Message -----
From: Alice Campbell <1502amc@LO.SCSENG.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] [EE] PC board transfer paper play


: however, watercolorists wet paper repeatedly, and scrub at
: it, even.  plain office paper is pretty pathetic, however
: there are lots of paper types around, and im beginning to
: think about kitchen waxed paper and shiny butcher paper,
: stuck to thicker stock with a gluestick for a carrier through
: the machine....
: alice
:
:
: > Many of the paper's properties are destroyed when heated and soaked...
: >
: > -Adam
: >
: > Mark Willis wrote:
: > >
: > > That's been on my Try list, just haven't gotten to it yet <G>  I've
: > > wondered if you can re-use the backing paper repeatedly, or is it
: > > one-use only?  I can get shipping labels and use those to generate
shiny
: > > paper, will probably try the Glossy Magazine heavy stock first though.
: > >
: > >   Mark
: > >
: > > Randy A. wrote:
: > > > Mark:
: > > >
: > > > Try buying some laser or inkjet labels ( I use the 3.5 floppy
labels), peel
: > > > off the labels and print the PC trace onto the shiny backing paper
the labels
: > > > were on with you laser printer.  Then you can iron them onto the
copper clad
: > > > board with a common household iron.  Of course make certain that
your board
: > > > is very very clean and also put another piece of paper over the top
of the
: > > > backing sheet to put your iron on.  Preheat the board with the iron
for about
: > > > 30 seconds to 1 minute before you actually iron on the transfer.
Then place
: > > > the trace printout on the board, put the blank paper sheet on the
backing and
: > > > place the iron on it.  Keep the iron with moderate pressure on there
and move
: > > > it around slowly for about 2 minutes.  You may have to experiment
with the
: > > > heat settings on the iron to get the proper results as irons all
differ
: > > > somewhat.  I would start with the lowest and go until I had the
setting you
: > > > need.
: > > >
: > > > Carefully peel off the label backing material and hopefully you will
have
: > > > your resist trace intact and ready for etching.
: > > >
: > > > You might want to check out Al Williams web site as he has the
detailed
: > > > instructions for doing PCBs this way.
: > > >
: > > > Regards and hope this helps,
: > > > Randy A.
: > >
: > > --
: > > I re-ship for small US & overseas businesses, world-wide.
: > > (For private individuals at cost; ask.)