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Been having some very good results from very cheap paper.

2006-07-31 by lcdpublishing

I know this has been mentioned before but I think it bears 
repeating.  I have been using pages from Time magazine. Run it 
through the laser printer like normal paper, transfer like normal, 
etc.  Washes off pretty easily but the only "problem" I have found 
is that the ink also transfers - sometimes.

If the ink transfers, it will resist the ferric chloride etching - 
even in my super-charged bubbler tank. 

With the last 10 boards or so that I have done this way, all were 
good.  A few had lifted spots on the flood fills - touched up with a 
sharpie.  A few had some speckles in the area that should have been 
etched but were not as caused by the ink transfering.

Otherwise, I find this easier to work with than any of the ink-jet 
papers I have tried so far.  The price is great too.

For references, the smallest trace width I do is .012", never had a 
bad trace yet. Strangly, the traces always seem to come out better 
than the flood fill areas.

Just thought I would share my latest efforts.

Chris

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