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From: D from BC on 7 Feb 2010 04:09
In article <4b6d4519.1256281(a)news.tpg.com.au>, clausjensen(a)watermark.com
says...
>
> I am thinking of trying "Press 'n Peel" film with the idea it would
> be more reliable than the homemade toner release papers, etc.
>
> Can anyone who has used it, please report their good or bad
> experiences?
>
> Any hints to obtain better results?
>
> Or is it not significantly better than the type of process described
> here:
>
> http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/garbz2_prj.php
>
> Claus Jensen

I never got PnP to work reliably and consistantly.
Maybe I was doing something wrong.
And when I needed smaller detail, PnP became more of a hassle.
I now make boards by laminating a photosensitive film and photoexposing.



From: Jon Slaughter on 7 Feb 2010 12:02
D from BC wrote:
> In article <4b6d4519.1256281(a)news.tpg.com.au>,
> clausjensen(a)watermark.com says...
>>
>> I am thinking of trying "Press 'n Peel" film with the idea it would
>> be more reliable than the homemade toner release papers, etc.
>>
>> Can anyone who has used it, please report their good or bad
>> experiences?
>>
>> Any hints to obtain better results?
>>
>> Or is it not significantly better than the type of process described
>> here:
>>
>> http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/garbz2_prj.php
>>
>> Claus Jensen
>
> I never got PnP to work reliably and consistantly.
> Maybe I was doing something wrong.
> And when I needed smaller detail, PnP became more of a hassle.
> I now make boards by laminating a photosensitive film and
> photoexposing.

Where do you get the film from?
From: Leon on 7 Feb 2010 13:29
On 6 Feb, 10:38, clausjen...(a)watermark.com (Claus Jensen) wrote:
> I am thinking of trying "Press 'n Peel"  film with the idea it would
> be more reliable than the homemade toner release papers, etc.
>
> Can anyone who has used it, please report their good or bad
> experiences?
>
> Any hints to obtain better results?
>
> Or is it not significantly better than the type of process described
> here:
>
> http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/garbz2_prj.php
>
> Claus Jensen

I get excellent results (down to 8/8 mil) with the standard photo-etch
process.

Leon
From: D from BC on 7 Feb 2010 14:38
In article <hkmrn1$q72$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Jon_Slaughter(a)Hotmail.com says...
>
> D from BC wrote:
> > In article <4b6d4519.1256281(a)news.tpg.com.au>,
> > clausjensen(a)watermark.com says...
> >>
> >> I am thinking of trying "Press 'n Peel" film with the idea it would
> >> be more reliable than the homemade toner release papers, etc.
> >>
> >> Can anyone who has used it, please report their good or bad
> >> experiences?
> >>
> >> Any hints to obtain better results?
> >>
> >> Or is it not significantly better than the type of process described
> >> here:
> >>
> >> http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/garbz2_prj.php
> >>
> >> Claus Jensen
> >
> > I never got PnP to work reliably and consistantly.
> > Maybe I was doing something wrong.
> > And when I needed smaller detail, PnP became more of a hassle.
> > I now make boards by laminating a photosensitive film and
> > photoexposing.
>
> Where do you get the film from?

http://www.capefearpress.com/order.html

--
D from BC
British Columbia
From: JosephKK on 7 Feb 2010 14:51
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:47:15 GMT, clausjensen(a)watermark.com (Claus Jensen) wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:41:57 -0500, Jamie
><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote:
>
>> But one thing to note, I have found that on any
>>approach that you use, if you don't first heat the board
>> a little in a toaster oven or hot air gun prior to applying the
>>image to the clad, you may get spotty results here and there..
>>
>> The heating does 2 things, dries the surface and gets it hot
>>so the toner can stick better.
>>
>> I have done this with direct paper on the board with great
>>results. Just soak off afterwards. But photo inkjet (glossy) is
>>my primary paper, from printer to board.
>>
>
>Has anyone tried running the paper through the printer twice, eg.
>over-printing the image, to get more laser toner onto the paper?
>
>Could be a registration problem, but may be acceptable for larger
>patterns. A few tries and one is bound to be close.
>
>Claus Jensen

Though it is not discussed in your link or Gootee's page it has been
reported to help when you have large copper areas.
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