Homebrew PCBs

Check out your print image quality options.
Mine defaults to NORMAL and had the option for DRAFT...which uses less 
toner and is lighter.
Perhaps your default is set to DRAFT.
You can always print again on the same paper to lay more toner layers.

Noting that toner will ALWAYS have microscopic pitting that can be 
attacked and etched
so I have resorted to always using the widest traces possible ... not 
the thinnest traces possible
and...
always tracing over the toner with a black Sharpie or EDDING 404 or 
STAEDLER LUMOCOLOR PERMANENT
marker.
It might be time consuming but I am not manufacturing items to sell.... 
its just a hobby.
  http://www.learnmorsecode.com/regen/00regen.html



On 07/08/2017 10:04 AM, 'Brad' unclefalter@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
>
> Will do.  In the last day I have managed to pull off two perfect 
> transfers with magazine paper and my iron.  I clean the boards more 
> heavily.  When ironing, I take a 10 minute pause and then resume.. for 
> some reason it seems to help.
>
> However one issue I\u2019m seeing and had before with the magazine paper is 
> that the printer is not putting enough toner down.  You can see a 
> pixelation that looks just like what you see if you look really close 
> at a magazine photo.  In spots, even though it has clearly lifted all 
> the toner from the paper the toner is thin enough to leave micro 
> traces of visible copper, which in turn gets attacked or pitted by the 
> etchant.  Not sure how to get a thicker toner down or if maybe my 
> \u2018compatible\u2019 toner is part of the problem.
>
> *From:*Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com 
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> *Sent:* Friday, July 7, 2017 6:56 PM
> *To:* Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Vintage PCB toner transfer problems 
> IRON pressure
>
> Brad,
>
> Have a look at the videos in the files section of my project:
>
> https://hackaday.io/project/3363-apache-al13p-tl-320b-one-pass-pcb-toner-xfer
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