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Message #08412



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Thomas Pilgaard Nielsen ascii@hum.auc.dk
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 23:55:21 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: PCB iron on transfers


JVernonM@aol.com wrote:

> I'm referring to a polyester sheet sold
> under the brand name of Kemodesk. It is basically a plastic sheet cut t=
o the
> dimensions of regular laser printer paper.

Yep, that's the exact same product sold at my local retailer.

> I use it everyday, and it would
> make excellent PCB master art material. Yes, it comes out of the laser
> printer only about half opaque, but here's the secret (and this is cons=
idered
> a silk-screen industry secret that no one will tell you about), iron th=
e
> toner side of the artwork with a piece of scrap paper over it. The iron
> remelts the toner making it completely opaque. I do this by running the
> sheets through a tunnel dryer, but an iron should work just as well if =
you
> are careful. About 20 seconds at 350 degreesF will do it as well. To mu=
ch and
> you will melt the Kemodesk. This would probably work on any medium usin=
g
> toner, but the laser printer is a requirement.

Thanks for the tip! I'll keep that in mind for sure.

- Thomas

>
>
> See ya,
> Jim
> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html
> ICQ# 55657870

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