Re: gEDA-user: footprints -- novice`s problems

[watashi_metan@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> >> So far for all my home made boards I used PCB's ps output printed on
> >> laserjet on special paper which then I put on the board and use an
> >> iron to transfer the paint from the paper to the board. I used 2
> >> different laser printers, an Infotec and a HP and with both I had 1:1. Of
> >> course this doesn't mean that PostScript is always 1:1 and I guess it
> >> depends on the printer and other things, but I think you should
> >> give it a try :)
> >
> >  Can you share info on this special paper?  I would like to try this.
> >
> >        -Dave
> >
> 
> 
> Someone sells special film for this purpose, and that costs much. I am
> not an expert, so I may be wrong on the mechanism, but I think the idea
> is that the laser printer doesn't use ink but some sort of polimer that
> is
> melted on the media. If the media is paper, some of the polimer paint
> works off in the paper. If you try your good old non-ball-point pen with
> normal paper, it 'drinks' the ink. However, if you use the special film,
> it has a shiny surface which won't 'drink' the ink or paint. The trick is
> not to buy that special film, but use some shiny paper with similar
> surface. This kind of paper is used for magazines and printed spam. It's
> usually thicker than normal paper. (I can't translate the name of the
> paper, my dictionary lacks this word.)
I use underlayer from adhesive sheets for this purpose
but there is another problem I won't warn you before
when I try to do this frist time I let the iron on the borard for a long
time
and the printing gets pour out
> I could buy some in a local decoration shop, in my experience most
> printers can handle ones between 100 and 130 gram/m^2. The critical part
> is when the printer tries to feed the paper and it slips.
> 
> Someone reported that he was too lazy to buy such paper and used some
> spam
> or magazine. I haven't tested this, it may be an urban legend. 
> 
> I hope this helps; if my description was not useful enough, I could
> snail mail you a sample.
> 
> Igor2
> 
> 
> 
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