From - Thu Nov 06 23:21:32 1997 Message-ID: <345D71DE.2A74@pacifier.com> Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 14:40:30 +0800 From: Dave Lockman Organization: Pacifier Internet Server (360) 693-0325 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.electronics.basics,sci.electronics.cad,sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics.misc,sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: PCBoard fabrication question References: <345E3065.4680@concentric.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: ip51.van10.pacifier.com Lines: 24 Path: news.bc!News1.Vancouver.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!Supernews60!supernews.com!news.he.net!pacifier!news.pacifier.com!ip51.van10.pacifier.com Xref: news.bc sci.electronics.basics:3900 sci.electronics.cad:1330 sci.electronics.components:3251 sci.electronics.misc:3426 sci.electronics.repair:8420 Amy Torelli wrote: > > Hello all, > > I am trying to find a technique to transfer a circuit board layout > printed by my laser printer onto copper clad. I sometimes get > satisfactory results feeding aluminum foil into my laser printer then > using a hot iron to transfer the image onto the copper clad. > > I can’t seem to determine what works best, printing on the shinny side > or the dull side of the aluminum foil. Nor have I determined, after > ironing the image onto the copper clad, whether it’s better to peel the > aluminum foil off right away while its hot or wait until it cools down. > > Does anyone have a better method? > > Thanks in advance, > Peter Holtan > puzzled@cris.com > > whims@cris.com I had pretty good results using the 3M overhead transparency film, printing on the *glossy* side, rather than the matte side, as the directions indicate. Set the iron to "wool" and have at it.