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Thursday, December 14, 2006
PCB transfer with inkjet picture paper

Despite many views to the contrary,

Inkjet picture paper works best for pcb transfers; it peels off by itself.

Contrary to Press n Peel Blue and Laser picture paper, the paper comes off by itself after soaking in hot water. A lot has been written about this diy transfer method, but that you need laser picture paper or even a particular brand of paper, is a myth.

As you can tell from the video:

The video illustrates the different steps, but not the length of the treatments:



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1. Clean the sized pcb with steel wool 000 until it's nice and shiny everywhere (7-10min).
2. Clean the shiny pcb with acetone of lighter fluid to remove all grease and dirt. Keep swithing to new parts of the towel until no more discoloration is shown on the towel.
3. Cut the transfer that printed in mirror image on inkjet picture paper with laser toner (xerox or laser printer). Cut it to exact size or smaller if possible. If the paper come over the borders of the board, this will allow air in without you seeing it clearly.
4. Now punch a lot of whole in all over the tonerless areas in the picture paper. The closer the traces are together, the better they will come out with a hole between them so the air can easily escape there to get good adherence to the copper.
5. Iron one side first, until the transfer sticks. Make sure the transfer doesn't slide over board when ironing it down as this will cause smearing of toner. Don't be lazy, contrary to PNP, this thick paper can take some heat and you will never overheat anything as long as you keep moving the iron. Pay special attention to the corners. Look from the start for air bubbles and iron them out as soon as possible. This is be real easy if you punched like you should in step 4
6. After some decent ironing, toss the pcb with the paper sticking to it in a bowl of boiling water and use the remaing water for a cup of tea. After you've finished you're tea, the paper will have released the pcb, leaving a transfer as perfect as your cleaning, ironing and air bubble removal technique.

Posted at 02:39 pm by modman

mvs sarma
November 1, 2009   12:35 PM PST
 
Dear Modman, Great work you did and your video is like magic to people who are making Toner Transfer System (TTS) for making PCBs.
It is still not clear what exactly ois that paper, which firm makes it?
I am from India and I tried to use Thin magazine paper and also DESMAT brand Glossy Inkjet photo paper,
and still suffer from over sticking of the paper and warrants hand rub to peel the paper.
but Your video shows, how simple life could be.
perhaps we need some help, to make others life easier too.
Congratulations for your Video.
perhaps you can add a bit of audio to it , when time permits
Regards
Sarma
mvs_sarma@ymail.com
Jim
January 4, 2009   05:41 AM PST
 
Lots of reports of cancer are found among people who work with electronics. You actually drink from the used PCB water?
xoanon
May 16, 2007   01:29 PM PDT
 
Many types of coated paper will work. The point is: the toner has to stick on the paper while printing but the paper may not suck up the toner while ironing.

http://thomaspfeifer.net/direct_toner_pcb.htm
fred warden
March 9, 2007   01:10 PM PST
 
how quick from printing to ironing?
what type of inkjet paper photo paper do you use?
 

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