Homebrew PCBs

Hi,

I'm about to attempt my first homemade pcb after many years of using
breadboards and veroboard for my electronics tinkering!

I've recently joined the group and have been avidly reading the recent
posts and the archives. I do however have a few questions...

Many of the posts I've read advise against the use of an iron and
recommend a laminator instead. Because of this I went looking for a
suitable model. It struck me that many of the laminators for sale were
quoting maximum thicknesses of 250 micron (1/4 mm), this doesn't seem
nearly enough capacity, am I missing something?

Also I intend buying a laser printer. The HP laserjet 1022 is a budget
model that is reputed to have high quality output. Would this be a
reasonable starting place or should I look elsewhere.

Sorry for the dumb questions but I really am at the bottom of this
learning curve so any help would be welcome..

Regards,

Andy.