Homebrew PCBs

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> can anybody post a pic of a PCB made with an hp p1006? preferably as magnified as possible, both before (with toner transferred) and after it was etched?
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> the reason I'm asking is because i have had it with my samsung ml-2571, just has too many microholes after etching. I have used magazine paper, transparency, sticker-backing. Set the printer to print as dark as possible. All the toner gets transferred but just too much pitting :-(. I should have bought the p1006 back then but it was too new and without any feedback at the time. If this printer is really good the samsung is headed to zombieland.
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> can anybody post a pic of a PCB made with an hp p1006? preferably as magnified as possible, both before (with toner transferred) and after it was etched?
> 
> the reason I'm asking is because i have had it with my samsung ml-2571, just has too many microholes after etching. I have used magazine paper, transparency, sticker-backing. Set the printer to print as dark as possible. All the toner gets transferred but just too much pitting :-(. I should have bought the p1006 back then but it was too new and without any feedback at the time. If this printer is really good the samsung is headed to zombieland.
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> can anybody post a pic of a PCB made with an hp p1006? preferably as magnified as possible, both before (with toner transferred) and after it was etched?
> 
> the reason I'm asking is because i have had it with my samsung ml-2571, just has too many microholes after etching. I have used magazine paper, transparency, sticker-backing. Set the printer to print as dark as possible. All the toner gets transferred but just too much pitting :-(. I should have bought the p1006 back then but it was too new and without any feedback at the time. If this printer is really good the samsung is headed to zombieland.
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> Ooops - I forgot I was in Homebrew_PCB group.  Darn this old age - but old age beats the alternative.
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> I reckon I was thinking I was over in Electronics_101 or somewhere.
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> Ken H>
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "ptkwg" <ptkwg@> wrote:
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> > can anybody post a pic of a PCB made with an hp p1006? preferably as magnified as possible, both before (with toner transferred) and after it was etched?
> > 
> > the reason I'm asking is because i have had it with my samsung ml-2571, just has too many microholes after etching. I have used magazine paper, transparency, sticker-backing. Set the printer to print as dark as possible. All the toner gets transferred but just too much pitting :-(. I should have bought the p1006 back then but it was too new and without any feedback at the time. If this printer is really good the samsung is headed to zombieland.
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> I'm in another country. Just a close up photo of your board done with the p1006 will suffice. I dont think trying other types of paper would work, all the samsung toner DOES get transfered to my boards but even with 'toner save mode' set to OFF there's just too many tiny holes. I'm using a laminator capable of 190 Centigrade (374F?) and no good. I even tried ironing it with a higher temp, no good either. I also tried thing with my sister's Canon - it was horrible. So HP p1006 users a little assist before I go for it? Thanks.
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> ptkwg

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> ptkwg, check the Photos section for a folder KenH - as soon as approved you should find a couple of photos.  The toner pic has Pulsar on left and Parchment paper on right.  You can see the thin toner on the parchment. I am not sure why, the parchment does not get covered with toner as good as normal paper.  The parchment paper at 30X shows the thin toner just like the transferred pic.
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> The etched board is a test I did a while back - the solder blobs are where I did a good bit of rework several times.
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> I hope this helps. I am told once a toner cartridge gets low the transfer gets thin as you describe.  I'm sure you have removed the cartridge and shook it?
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> Good luck and hope this helps.
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> Ken H> 
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "ptkwg" <ptkwg@> wrote:
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> > I'm in another country. Just a close up photo of your board done with the p1006 will suffice. I dont think trying other types of paper would work, all the samsung toner DOES get transfered to my boards but even with 'toner save mode' set to OFF there's just too many tiny holes. I'm using a laminator capable of 190 Centigrade (374F?) and no good. I even tried ironing it with a higher temp, no good either. I also tried thing with my sister's Canon - it was horrible. So HP p1006 users a little assist before I go for it? Thanks.
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> > ptkwg
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> I see it now. And it is so much better than I can get from my samsung. I do shake the cartridge everytime before I do a series of prints although I'm still using the cartridge that came with the printer. Thanks for posting.
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> ptkwg

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> That pretty much correlates with the "rough traces" I was getting with what
> I call baking paper. I think it might be due to the silicone paper not
> holding as much charge (the toner being electrostatically attracted to the
> paper). It's a theory anyway.
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> A shame, cos it's so damn easy!
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> PG
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> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:16 AM, sailingto <sailingtoo@...> wrote:
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> > I'm glad to help - you can see the difference in the Pulsar vs Parchment
> > paper. I wish I had a HP Presentation paper sample to put there also. I do
> > think the HP paper does as good as the Pulsar paper, but the Pulsar is so
> > much easier to remove.
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> >
> > Ken H.
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