2 possibilities: 1: If the film is going to be used as a negative for a photo resist=20 process, might work, most inkjets don't print well on smooth plastic=20 surfaces, but I have heard of making overhead projector transparencies=20 that probably would work. I don't have any experience with this, maybe=20 someone else can help. 2: If you are planing to use a laminator or clothes iron to heat=20 transfer the toner to the PCB. The laser toner is actually melted on the=20 paper (or film), and the inkjet ink will not work, it's not thick=20 enough, and doesn't melt to bond to the PCB surface. I have printed with=20 an inkjet, taken the paper to the local copy center, and have a gloss=20 photo paper copy made with heavy toner setting. The nearest copy machine=20 at the local hardware store would not wok for whatever reason. The only=20 way you will know is to try. :( I now have a Hp Laserjet 4 Plus, but=20 haven't etched any boards since getting it. Somewhere, I heard that not=20 all toners will do the job, and I buy recycled toner. On 7/15/2012 1:09 PM, Joe Wronski wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I see that MG sells the transparency film for the original artwork, and > it claims to be printed with a laser printer. Would ink jet not bind > to the film, or not have the proper opacity? > Not having a laser printer, I started looking for places to get > transparencies laser printed. I could not find the option for > transparency at Staples, but did at FedEx and the on line price for a > single 8.5 by 11 was $.75 US. Do you think this would work? > > As a side note, without having a board designed just yet, using kicad, I > opened up a demo (pic_programmer), chose Plot -> to Postscript, and > uploaded the PS file to Fedex. It seemed to render OK on their preview > page. I would physically bring the files to the office to actually do it= .. > > Joe W > > > On 7/15/2012 11:02 AM, Mark Hanchey wrote: >> On 7/15/2012 10:56 AM, Mark Hanchey wrote: >>> MG chemicals , maker of a lot of pcb products has a video tutorial on >>> youtube, that is what I started with to learn the process. >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DVkQroiEJBMs Mark >> oops wrong link >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dr9e0H21ev7g&feature=3Dchannel&list=3DUL >> >> >> Original link shows how to use pre-sensitized boards, those work if you >> want to do without the film and laminator but it cost about 3x as much. >> >> Mark >> > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .