Making pcbs at home

Press-n-peel PCB transfer film, various suppliers including Jaycar Bit finicky about which brand of inkjet you use

Inkjet? I've never used the stuff, but I thought a laser-printed image was needed for use with Press-n-Peel.

I have had reasonable success over the years with positive-acting photoresist. I have used pre-coated boards like those made by Kinsten, spray on coatings like Positiv 20 or PRP200, or even stuff applied with a brush.

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At a price of about $1.00 per sq in, and a setup charge of $10.00, I would never bother to make PCBs at home again.

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I tthought you needed to apply heat (iron on( the laser printed stuff.

OOPS again, It is a while since I used it, it needs dry toner based copier,It does not like brother printers (they use higher setting temp apparently)And you do use an iron.

The general consensus is that press-n-peel is the best brand of iron-on PCB etch-resist (and you have already found them at

You must get the board shiny-clean, grease-free, and dry before applying the press-n-peel, also you need to use the correct iron temperature.

pre-heating the board in an oven can help too.

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Tried adjusting te amount of toner upwards for the print?

It worked on the hp copier I used But I remember reading warnings from several places not to use a brother. You can use some laser faxes I gather.(not brother)

Is this the blue press n peel that jaycar sells? If so, I did a lot of testing with it and found it to be quite inconsistent. I then tried toner transfer paper and had much better results.

It's good to know that it doesn't work for everyone. Performance must depend to some extent on the toner used, and possibly environmental factors. others have had success with kaolin coated newsprint (cheap glossy magazine and advertising paper) and the backing paper from self-adhesive labels.